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Comparative Study
. 2002;98(2):173-8.
doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006707.

Response components of LiF:Mg,Ti around a moderated Am-Be neutron source

R Méndez  1 , M P Iñiguez, R Barquero, A Mañanes, E Gallego, A Lorente, M Voytchev
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Comparative Study

Response components of LiF:Mg,Ti around a moderated Am-Be neutron source

R Méndez et al. Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2002.

Abstract

The responses of TLD-1010, TLD-700 and TLD-600 thermoluminescence dosemeters to the radiation field inside a water tank enclosing an isotopic 241Am-Be neutron source are analysed. Separate contributions coming from thermal neutrons, neutrons with energies above thermal and gamma rays to the total response of the three types of TLD are obtained. This is accomplished by assuming that the gamma responses for materials with different 6Li enrichments are identical and that the neutron response of TLD-700 is negligible compared to TLD-100 and TLD-600. The last assumption is tested by Monte Carlo simulations of the neutron energy spectrum at the points where the TLDs are irradiated.

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