Thermoluminescence properties of unique Rosso Levanto marble.

This marble extracted from deposits in Elazig in Turkey resembles red meat in appearance and is only found in Elazig. This type of marble has been widely used in the most famous architectural structures and buildings. In this study, the thermoluminescence (TL) properties of a unique marble that originated from Turkey, named Rosso Levanto, were investigated. Two distinct TL peaks were observed at 160°C and around 375°C. Particle size experiments showed that best TL intensity was seen at 200 µm particle size and therefore dose-response, heating rate, cycle of measurement and fading experiments were carried out on powdered samples with a particle size of 200 µm. The findings revealed good linearity in dose-response, observed up to 0.5 kGy. The reproducibility experiment gave good results, but peak intensity decreased by about 40% in first 6 h of storage in a dark room.

Thermoluminescence behavior of basaltic rocks collected in southeastern region of Turkey.

Basalt is well known as an extrusive igneous rock erupts on land by volcanic eruption. It is darker, denser and finer grained compared to the familiar granite of the continents. The study reveals the thermoluminescence properties (TL) of basaltic rocks which collected in southeastern region of Turkey. With this study, the variations of glow curve of the basalt at the different grain sizes, different annealing temperature and different annealing time have been investigated. This study also includes, dose response and heating rate experiments. As a result, the basalt sample shows thermoluminescence properties with a wide peak about 200°C. The best TL sensitivity was observed at samples whose grain size is ~100µm. The basalt sample has a wide TL glow curve. A linearity for the values up to 155Gy and supralinearity between 155Gy and 615Gy in dose response are observed and it reaches to saturation beyond 615Gy. Thermal treatments at higher temperatures decrease the TL sensitivity.

The analysis of thermoluminescent glow peaks of natural calcite after beta irradiation.

In this study, the thermoluminescence properties of natural calcite samples were examined in detail. The glow curve of the sample irradiated with beta radiation shows two main peaks, P1 (at 115 °C) and P4 (at 254 °C). The additive dose, variable heating rate, computer glow curve deconvolution, peak shape and three point methods have been used to evaluate the trapping parameters, namely the order of kinetics (b), activation energy (E) and the frequency factor (s) associated with the dosimetric thermoluminescent glow peaks (P1 and P4) of natural calcite after different dose levels with beta irradiation.