Determination of dosimetric properties of MgO doped natural amethyst samples

N Nur; V Guckan; N Kizilkaya; T Depci; C Ahmedova; A Yucel; A Ozdemir; V Altunal; V Koc; Z Yegingil

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2016.08.005

Determination of dosimetric properties of MgO doped natural amethyst samples

Appl Radiat Isot. 2016 Oct:116:150-6. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2016.08.005. Epub 2016 Aug 6.

Authors

N Nur¹, V Guckan², N Kizilkaya³, T Depci⁴, C Ahmedova⁵, A Yucel³, A Ozdemir², V Altunal², V Koc⁶, Z Yegingil²

Affiliations

¹ Adiyaman University, Electrical Electronic Engineering, 02040 Adiyaman, Turkey.
² Cukurova University, Physics Department, Balcali, Saricam, 01330 Adana, Turkey.
³ Inonu University, Mining Engineering Department, 44280 Malatya, Turkey.
⁴ Inonu University, Mining Engineering Department, 44280 Malatya, Turkey. Electronic address: tdepci@gmail.com.
⁵ Adiyaman University, Chemical Department, 02040 Adiyaman, Turkey.
⁶ Adiyaman University, Vocational School, Department of Metal Tech., 02040 Adiyaman, Turkey.

PMID: 27526353
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2016.08.005

Abstract

In this paper, the thermoluminescence (TL) dosimetric characteristics of MgO doped natural amethyst samples (Mg-NA) are presented. The morphologies and chemical structures of the powder form samples were identified using XRD, FTIR, SEM, SEM mapping and EDX. Comparison of the TL intensities showed that 10wt% Mg-NA was nearly 150 times more sensitive than undoped amethyst and the main dosimetric properties proved that 10wt% Mg-NA may be a promising phosphor for clinical and radiotherapy purposes.

Keywords: MgO; Natural amethyst quartz; Pre-dose sensitization; Sensitivity change.