Investigation on the suitability of natural sandstone as a gamma dosimeter

An investigation of the dosimetric and kinetic properties of sand using ESR and TL techniques

“…Our kinetic parameter values found by VHRM are similar to these results (Soliman and Salama, 2009). The differences in the kinetic parameter may be due to the sample features (sand and sandstone) or the technique used (VHRM or IRM).…”

“…The activation energy value and frequency factor according to the IRM for a sandstone sample were also calculated by Soliman and Salama (2009). Our kinetic parameter values found by VHRM are similar to these results (Soliman and Salama, 2009).…”

“…The previous studies on natural sand sample indicated different glow peaks at different temperature (Vaijapurkar et al, 1998;Pitalua et al, 2013). On the other hand, a similar TL glow curve centered at about 315°C was also observed for natural sandstone by Soliman and Salama (2009) . Fig.…”

“…Hence, intensity of glow peak C is more suitable for measurement than the other peak intensities. In the literature similar glow curve shapes and glow peak temperature values were also observed for different samples (Ogundare et al, 2006;Franklin et al 1995;Soliman and Salama 2009). On the other hand, there are also different glow curves given in the literature for previously studied sand samples (Vaijapurkar et al, 1998;Caldas et al, 2006;Benny and Bhatt, 1996).…”

“…The concentration of impurity-related defects is dependent on the conditions of mineral formation or subsequent alteration (Preusser et al, 2009). In spite of complex TL glow curve; there have been more TL studies on this subject than those on ESR in the literature (Benny et al, 1997(Benny et al, , 2000Vaijapurkar et al, 1998;Soliman and Salama, 2009;Pitalua et al, 2013;Pandya et al, 2013).…”