El material cerámico policristalino Sr2SbMnO6 se sintetizó mediante el método convencional de reacción en estado sólido. La ruta de síntesis usada difirió de otras reportadas en la literatura en que se usó SrO en lugar de SrCO3 como precursor del Sr. Los patrones de difracción de rayos X obtenidos a temperaturas entre 25 y 1.400 °C se estudiaron mediante el método de refinamiento de Rietveld con el programa Generalized Structure Analysis System (GSAS). Los resultados revelaron que la estructura era tetragonal con el grupo espacial P4/mnc a temperaturas entre los 100 y los 600 °C, y cambió a una estructura cúbica con el grupo espacial Fm-3m a temperaturas entre los 800 y los 1.000 °C. Se discute, asimismo, la dependencia del parámetro de red en función de la temperatura. El estudio de este material es importante dadas sus propiedades multiferróicas. © 2018. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Ex. Fis. Nat.

This study investigates the effect of the dose-rate in the thermoluminescent glow curves of a single crystal of quartz. The samples were sensitized by the γ radiation combined with the heat-treatments. The glow curves were registered in zeroed (unsensitized) and sensitized conditions using an optical filter centered in violet spectral region. Tens mGy test doses were administered with one β (90Sr/90Y) source and two γ radiation sources (60Co and 137Cs). The TL curves were deconvoluted using a first-order kinetic model. Differences in the glow curves and trapping parameters were observed between zeroed and sensitized samples. Differences were found in the TL curves comparing the three radiation sources. The principal variation is the remarkable increase in the TL signal above 350 °C, which is observed only in sensitized samples with the minor dose-rate source (137Cs). This signal seems to be associated with deep trapping states. The intensities of the components defining the first peak and the high temperature signal show a dependence on the dose-rate. The dose-rate dependence of the first-peak components is explained by the competing effects that may take place during the excitation stage. The components that fitted the sensitized peak (260 oC) do not exhibit a clear dependence on the dose-rate of radiation source.