LITHIUM FLUORIDE FOR MEGARAD DOSIMETRY,

Abstract

A LiF dosimeter has been developed to measure gamma-ray exposures between 100,000 and 2 x 10 to the 9th power R. Applicability of the LiF as a megarad dosimeter depends on the fact that a thermoluminescent glow peak at a temperature about 450C has a negligible response to radiation below exposures of 100,000 R. A number of crystal specimens were examined and most of them were found to have the high temperature glow peak which could be followed as a function of exposure for three to five decades. Similar responses of the high temperature glow peak were found for the dosimeter when exposed to 2-MeV pulsed electrons or thermal neutrons. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 26, 1967
Accession Number
AD0654699

Entities

People

  • E. Tochilin
  • N. Goldstein
  • W. G. Miller

Organizations

  • Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Corpuscular Radiation
  • Dosimeters
  • Dosimetry
  • Gamma Rays
  • High Temperature
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Optical Materials
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Dosage
  • Thermal Neutrons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics