The thermoluminescence response of Dy doped calcium borate glass subjected to 6MV photon irradiation

Abstract

This paper presents the thermoluminescence (TL) response and sensitivity of various dopant concentration of Dy into borate glass. Borates glass present absorption coefficient that closely to human bone and teeth. This fact makes borate as an ideal material for TL material either for medical or environmental dosimeter. Therefore, a series of glasses based on xCaO-(100-x)B2O3 system (0 x 100) % weight has been prepared by using melt quenching method. In this research, Dy doped (0.01-0.4) mol% to 30CaO-70B2O3 glass sample were studied to investigate the TL properties in terms of dose-response relationship and sensitivity. Samples were irradiated to various doses range 0.5-4.0 Gy subjected to 6 MV photon irradiation by using LINAC Primus MLC 3339. The TL intensity of various dopant concentration were studied and it was founds that the 0.3 mol% Dy has the highest TL response and has linear dose response relationship. The highest sensitivity was calculated as 58 nC.mg-1.Gy-1 for 0.3 mol% Dy concentration.