title: Thermoluminescence analysis of irradiated oyster shells.
abstract: This paper reports the thermoluminescence (TL) analysis performed on the oyster shells powder. TL response of (60)Co gamma-rays irradiated samples were studied in the range from 80 Gy to 8 kGy doses. TL signal of irradiated shell powder was higher as compared to the unirradiated control samples, which allowed to identify the irradiated oysters. Results show that the oyster shells have good TL properties and can be useful for the identification of irradiated seafood as well as for the evaluation of the treatment dose.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, AP 70-543, 04510 México DF, México. ecruz@nucleares.unam.mx
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cruz-Zaragoza
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marcazzó
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Della Monaca
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boniglia
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gargiulo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bortolin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005514:Food Irradiation / Q000379:methods*; D049449:Luminescence; D008163:Luminescent Measurements / Q000379:methods*; D010125:Ostreidae / Q000528:radiation effects*; D017747:Seafood / Q000528:radiation effects*