title: Thermoluminescence properties of annealed natural quartz after beta irradiation.
abstract: Here we investigated the effects of annealing, heating rate and fading (after annealing at 800 °C) on the thermoluminescence (TL) glow curves of natural quartz (NQ). All of the samples were annealed at different temperatures between 100 °C and 800 °C and then irradiated with a beta dose of about 34 Gray (Gy), in order to determine the effects of annealing treatments on TL peaks of natural quartz. TL glow curves of the samples were recorded. It was observed that the intensities of TL peaks were strongly sensitive to annealing temperatures at 800 °C. The heating rate and fading effect of TL peaks of natural quartz were examined for the annealed samples at 800 °C for 30 min. It was observed that the intensities of the TL peaks were differently affected from heating rate and fading. Additionally, TL kinetic parameters (activation energy, frequency factor and order of kinetics) of all peaks were determined for annealed samples using a computerized glow curve deconvolution (CGCD) method and Mathematica software. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
authors.affiliation: Çukurova University,, Arts-Sciences Faculty, Physics Department, 01330,, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yüksel
authors.affiliation: Çukurova University, Vocational School of Imamoglu, Department of Computer Technologies,, 01700,, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tamer
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.affiliation: Dokuz Eylul University, Department of Computer Engineering, 35390,, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Unsal
authors.affiliation: Çukurova University,, Arts-Sciences Faculty, Physics Department, 01330,, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Z Gizem
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Portakal
authors.affiliation: Çukurova University,, Arts-Sciences Faculty, Physics Department, 01330,, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sibel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akca
authors.affiliation: Çukurova University,, Arts-Sciences Faculty, Physics Department, 01330,, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zehra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yegingil
authors.affiliation: Çukurova University,, Arts-Sciences Faculty, Physics Department, 01330,, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Topaksu
mesh_terms: D006358:Hot Temperature; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D011791:Quartz / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D011791:Quartz
keywords: annealing; fading effect; heating rate; natural quartz; thermoluminescence