Determination of trapping parameters of dosimetric thermoluminescent glow peak of lithium triborate (LiB3O5) activated by aluminum

Lithium triborate (LBO) is a newly developed ideal nonlinear optical (NLO) crystal used in laser weapon, welder, radar, tracker, surgery, communication, etc. The effective atomic number (Z(eff) = 7.3) makes it a tissue equivalent material and this encourages studies on its thermoluminescence (TL) properties for a radiation dosimetry. The previous studies have shown that Al-doped LiB3O5 is a promising thermoluminescent dosimetric (TLD) material for dosimetric purposes and continuous and systematic investigations to improve its quality to get ones suited for dosimeter applications are worthy. In the given study, the additive dose (AD), initial rise with partial cleaning (IR), variable heating rate (VHR), peak shape (PS), three-points method (TPM) and computerized glow deconvolution (CGCD) methods were used to determine the kinetic parameters, namely the order of kinetics (b), activation energy (E-a) and the frequency factor (s) associated with the dosimetric thermoluminescent glow peak (P3) of Al-doped LiB3O5 after different dose levels with beta-irradiation. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.