Calcium-based TLD materials for radiation applications

YILMAZ D., Buyukyildiz M.

RADIATION PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY, cilt.179, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 179
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2020.109196
  • Dergi Adı: RADIATION PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aerospace Database, Chemical Abstracts Core, Chimica, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, EMBASE, INSPEC, Metadex, Pollution Abstracts, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Mass attenuation coefficient, Effective atomic number, Energy absorption and exposure buildup factor, ENERGY-ABSORPTION, BUILDUP FACTORS, PHOTON, COEFFICIENTS
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study focused on radiation interaction parameters of four compounds of calcium which are the most common types of thermoluminescence dosimetry (TLD). Firstly, the mass attenuation coefficients (MAC, mu/rho) and effective atomic numbers (Z(eff)) of calcium based-TLD materials such as CaSO4, CaF2, Ca5F(PO4)(3) and CaCO3 were measured in the energy region 121.87-1408.01 keV. The values of MACs and Z(eff)s of CaSO4, CaF2, Ca5F (PO4)(3) and CaCO3 were then theoretically calculated at same photon energies. Good agreements were observed between the experimental and theoretical results for MAC and Z(eff) values (diff. <= 8.17%). In addition, the mass energy absorption coefficients, Kerma relative to soft tissues, equivalent atomic number (Z(eq)), and buildup factors (energy absorption and exposure buildup factors; EABF, EBF) were theoretically calculated in the energy region 0.08-2 MeV. The results displayed significant changes in equivalent atomic number, such that these values increased with the increasing energy and after 1 MeV it generally decreased. CaCO3 was finally found the best tissue equivalent material because of fact that the values of Kerma and Z(eff) ratios were nearest to unity (1) among calcium-based TLD materials at the studied energies.