Comparative studies of glow peaks and kinetic trapping parameters of LiF(Mg,Cu), LiF(Mg,Cu,P), LiF(Mg,Cu,Si) and LiF(Mg,Cu,Na,Si) single crystals

Abstract

Glow curve structure and kinetic trapping parameter of the thermoluminescent (TL) phosphors based on LiF(Mg,Cu) LiF(Mg,Cu,P) LiF(Mg,Cu,Si) and LiF(Mg,Cu,Na,Si) single crystals were investigated (denoted as SMC, SMCP, SMCS and SMCNS, respectively). Wet mixing and drying before TL phosphors production in single-crystal form were achieved by the Bridgeman method. The transparent solid single crystals were cut to the size of 5.0×5.0×0.6 mm3 for use as thermoluminescence dosimeters (TLD). Four different types of TLD were irradiated with X-ray photon energy 128 keV in the dose of 3 mGy after dual step pre-irradiation annealing. From the glow curve structure, the geometrical factors (μ) were calculated. The graph created by Chen confirms the first-order kinetics. Moreover, the glow curve shape results in more fading of the TLD 100 sample than the SMCS and SMCNS samples. It is evident that the kinetic trapping parameters depend on the type of dopant. The frequency factors of all TLD single crystals are higher than TLD100 (poly-crystal). These results are useful to provide the TL trapping and recombination centers for these materials.