The effectiveness of ornamental building materials (tiles) for retrospective thermoluminescence dosimetry

Yasmin, Sabina and Khandaker, Mayeen Uddin and Nawi, Siti Nurasiah Mat and Sani, Siti Fairus Abdul and Bradley, D. A. and Alqahtani, Amal and Faruque, Mohammad Rashed Iqbal (2022) The effectiveness of ornamental building materials (tiles) for retrospective thermoluminescence dosimetry. Applied Radiation And Isotopes, 184. ISSN 0969-8043, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2022.110218.

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Abstract

Like many other decorative building materials, tiles are one of the most precious ornamental ingredients for making a lucrative building image. It not only offers beauty and luxury but also added value by protecting/monitoring ionizing radiation. In this study, the utmost regular use of seven varieties of tile samples has been considered for retrospective thermoluminescence dosimetry. To observe the potentials of tiles for retrospective dosimetry, the major thermoluminescence properties (such as dose-response, energy dependence, self-sensitivity, relative sensitivity, glow curves, repeatability, fading, and also effective atomic number) has been investigated following the annealing -irradiation - readout cycles. Making an allowance for the various TL parameters, White Horse (Mirror Polish) tiles demonstrate suitability to be used as emergency TL dosimeter in 0.5-100 Gy dose array. Comparing the values of Z(eff) of these numerous tiles' samples (11.6-12.7) with TLD-200 (Z(eff) = 16.3), it is to be noted that tiles can be used as a suitable material for environmental radiation dosimetry. The thermoluminescent characteristics of tiles in the dose limit from 0.5 Gy to 100 Gy are reported here for the first time.

Item Type: Article
Funders: None
Uncontrolled Keywords: Ornamental building materials; Tiles; EDX analyses; TLD properties; Fading; Glow curves; Retrospective dosimeter
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Department of Physics
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 06 Oct 2023 00:23
Last Modified: 08 Oct 2023 12:45
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/42899

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