Handbook of thermoluminescence - Furetta, C. (World Scientific Pub. Co., 2010)
Includes bibliographical references and index
ch. A. Accuracy (definition). Activation energy (definition and properties). Activator. Adirovitch model. Afterglow. Aluminium oxide (Al[symbol]O[symbol]). Annealing (definition). Annealing (general considerations). Annealing procedures. Anomalous fading. Anomalous thermal fading. Area measurement methods (generality). Area measurement method (Maxia et al.). Area measurement methods (May and Partridge : general order). Area measurement methods (Muntoni et al. : general order). Area measurement method (Moharil : general order). Area measurement method (Moharil : general order, s = s(T)). Area measurement method (Rasheedy : general order). Arrhenius equation. Assessment of random uncertainties in precision of TL measurements (general). Atomic number (calculation) -- ch. B. Basic equation of radiation dosimetry by thermoluminescence. Batch of TLDs. Braunlich-Scharman model --
- ch. C. Calcium fluoride (CaF[symbol]). Calibration factor F[symbol] (definition). Calibration factor F[symbol] (procedures). Calibration procedure for a batch of TLDs. Competition. Competitors. Computerised glow curve deconvolution (CGCD) : Kitis' expressions. Condition at the maximum (first order). Condition at the maximum (first order) : remarks. Condition at the maximum (general order). Condition at the maximum (second order). Condition at the maximum when s' = s'(T) (second-order kinetics). Condition at the maximum when s ̋= s(̋T) (general-order kinetics). Condition at the maximum when s = s(T) (first-order kinetics). Considerations on the heating rate. Considerations on the methods for determining E. Considerations on the symmetry factor, [symbol], and the order of kinetics, b. Correction factor for the beam quality, F[symbol] (general). Curve fitting method (Kirsh : general order). CVD diamond --
- ch. D. Defects. Delocalized bands. Determination of the dose by thermoluminescence. Dihalides phosphors. Dosimeter's background or zero dose reading (definition). Dosemeter's background or zero dose reading (procedure). Dosimetric peak. Dosimetric trap -- ch. E. Effect of temperature lag on trapping parameters. Energy dependence (procedure). Environmental dose rate (calculation). Environmental dose rate (correction factors). Erasing treatment. Error sources in TLD measurements. Exponential heating function (EHF) -- ch. F. Fading (theoretical aspects). Fading factor. A fading based method for cheeking the presence of closely overlapping peaks in thermoluminescent (TL) materials. Fading : useful expressions. First-order kinetics when s = s(T). Fluorescence. Fluorapatite (Ca[symbol]F(PO[symbol])[symbol]). Frequency factor, s. Frequency factor, s (errors in its determination). Frequency factor and pre-exponential factor expressions --
- ch. G. Garlick-Gibson model (second-order kinetics). General characteristics of first and second order glow-peaks. General-order kinetics when s ̋= s(̋T). Geometrical characteristics of a single peak. Glow curve. Glow peak parameters -- ch. H. Heating rate effects. Heating rate effects on thermoluminescence of BaSO[symbol]:Eu+PTFE --