by Claudio Furetta (Rome University “La Sapienza”, Italy)

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About Claudio Furetta
 

This book provides practical support for research, study, routine work and terminology in the field of thermoluminescence (TL). It discusses the methods of determining the kinetic parameters, the procedures for characterizing a thermoluminescent dosimetric system, and the definition of terms commonly used in the literature. Furthermore, the analytical treatments of the various TL models are fully developed. The arguments are given in alphabetical order to ease research.

• Afterglow
• Batch of TLDs
• CVD Diamond
• Dosimetric Trap
• Erasing Treatment
• Fading Factor
• Glow Curve
• Integral Approximation
• Killer Centers
• Luminescence Efficiency
• Metastable State
• Nonlinearity
• Optical Bleaching
• Peak Shape Method: Reliability Expressions
• Post-Irradiation Annealing
• Quasiequilibrium Condition
• Recombination Processes
• Solid State Dosimetry
• Thermal Quenching
• Various heating Rates Method (Chen–Winer: First Order)
• Zirconium Oxide (ZrO₂)
• and other topics