Thermoluminescence Characteristics of Aluminium Oxide Doped Carbon Exposed to Cobalt-60 Gamma Radiation

Abstract

This study concerns on the thermoluminescence (TL) characteristics of carbon doped aluminum oxide (Al2O3:C) as ionizing radiation dosimeter. The thermoluminescence response, linearity and sensitivity subjected to Co-60 gamma irradiation were investigated. Carbon doped (0.2 mol %) aluminum oxide samples in form of powder were irradiated to 1.25 MeV Co-60 gamma ray with doses ranging from 1 Gy to 50 Gy. Irradiations were performed by using Co-60 gamma ray model 220 Excel with the source activity, A = 2.310925534 kGy h1 at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. The glow curves were analysed to determine various characterizations of the TLDs. It is shown that the glow curve of the sample contains a single peak at about 180°C with broad peak appears at the right of the spectrum. It is also shown that the TL intensity has linear relationship with delivered dose and the average TL sensitivity was calculated as 3.30 nC mg-1 Gy-1.