Kinetic analysis of the main glow peak of α-Al2O3:C exposed   to high irradiation dose
                                    
                                 
                                
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Year 2015,
                                                                                        Volume: 2 Issue: 2,                                                                                                                 23 - 30,                                     20.06.2015                                
                                
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                
                                                        A. Nyirenda
                                                                                                            
                                                
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                                                                                                                                                M. Chithambo
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                    
                                
                                
                                                                    
                                        Abstract
                                        This paper reports kinetic analysis of the main thermoluminescent peak in α-Al2O3:C for irradiation doses as high as 120 Gy and at various heating rates going as low as 0.01 K/s. The dependence of the various methods of kinetic analysis on irradiation dose and/or heating rate has been assessed with respect to the main peak. The dose response of the peak to high beta irradiation has also been presented.
                                     
                                
                                                                                                    
                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                
                                                                
                                                                    
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Year 2015,
                                                                                        Volume: 2 Issue: 2,                                                                                                                 23 - 30,                                     20.06.2015                                
                                
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                
                                                        A. Nyirenda
                                                                                                            
                                                
                                                                                                    ,
                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                M. Chithambo
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                    
                                
                                
                                                                    
                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                
                                                                
                                                                    
                                        References
                                        
                                            
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                                                        S.W.S. McKeever, “Thermoluminescence of Solidsˮ, Cambridge University Press (1985).
 
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                                                        N. A. Larsen, L. Botter-Jensen and S.W.S. McKeever, “Thermally Stimulated Conductivity and Thermoluminescence from α-Al2O3:C”,
 
                                                                                                    - 
                                                        Radiation Protection Dosimetry 84 (1-4) 87-90 (1999).
 
                                                                                                    - 
                                                        M.L. Chithambo, C. Seneza and F.O. Ogundare, “Kinetic Analysis of High Temperature Secondary Thermoluminescence Glow Peaks in α- Al2O3:C”, Radiation Measurements 66 21-30 (2014).
 
                                                                                                    - 
                                                        F. D. Walker, L. E. Colyott, N. A. Larsen and S.W.S. McKeever, “The Wavelength Dependence of Light-Induced Fading of Thermoluminescence
 
                                                                                                    - 
                                                        From α-Al2O3:C”, Radiation Measurements 26(5)711-718 (1996).
 
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                                                        E.G. Yukihara, V.H. Whitley, J.C. Polf, D.M. Klein, S.W.S. McKeever, A.E. Akselrod and M.S. Akselrod, “The Effects of Deep Trap Population on The Thermoluminescence of Al2O3:Cˮ, Radiation Measurements 37 (6) 627-638 (2003).
 
                                                                                                    - 
                                                        V. Pagonis, G. Kitis and C. Furetta, “Numerical and Practical Exercises in Thermoluminescenceˮ, Springer (2006).
 
                                                                                                    - 
                                                        -
 
                                                                                                    - 
                                                        M.S. Akselrod, N.A. Larsen, V. Whitley and S.W.S McKeever, “Thermal Quenching of F-Center Luminescence in Al2O3:Cˮ, J. Appl. Phys. 84 (6) 3364-337 (1998).
 
                                                                                                    - 
                                                        A.N. Nyirenda. “Mechanisms of Luminescence in α-Al2O3:C: Investigations Using Time-resolved Optical Stimulation and Thermoluminescence Techniquesˮ , Master Thesis, Rhodes University,
 
                                                                                                    - 
                                                        Faculty of Science, Departmant of Physics and Electronics, Grahamstown, 98 s (2012).
 
                                                                                                    - 
                                                        G Kitis, J.G. Papadopoulos, S. Charalambous and J.W.N. Tuyn, “The Influence of Heating Rate on The Response and Trapping Parameters of α-Al2O3:Cˮ, Radiat. Prot. Dos. 55 (1994), 183-190.
 
                                                                                                    - 
                                                        M.L. Chithambo, “Concerning Secondary Peaks in α-Al2O3:Cˮ, South African Journal of Science, 100 524-527 (2004).