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Thermoluminescence (TL) dosimetric characteristics of pink Himalayan salt from Khewra, Pakistan

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In the present study, the dosimetric features of pink Himalayan salt pellets were studied. Energy dependence exhibited an over response up to 100 keV with a maximum factor of ~ 10 at 33 keV. The maximum angular dependence of ~ 46% was observed at 90° angle of incidence. The TL response was found to be dose rate independent and showed a good reproducibility with < 5% COV. The sample sensitivity was comparable to TLD-100 (beyond 500 mGy). The effective atomic number (Zeff) was found to be 15.20. Based on these dosimetric features, pink Himalayan salt can be a good potential candidate for therapeutic dosimetry applications.

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Authors are grateful to Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratory (SSDL), Radiation Dosimetry Group (RDG) and Central Analytical Facility Division (CAFD), PINSTECH, Islamabad for providing the irradiation, TL measurement and ICP-OES facilities respectively.

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    Muhammad Iftikhar Anjum, Shakeel Ur Rehman, Muhammad Basim Kakakhel, Muhammad Tariq Siddique & Baitullah Khan

  2. Health Physics Division, PINSTECH, P.O. Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Muhammad Iftikhar Anjum, Baitullah Khan & Sabahat Nasir

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MIA: Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, SR: Conceptualization, Reviewing and Editing, MBK: Resources, Reviewing, Editing, MTS: Resources, Visualization B: Resources, SN: Resources, Investigation.

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Anjum, M.I., Ur Rehman, S., Kakakhel, M.B. et al. Thermoluminescence (TL) dosimetric characteristics of pink Himalayan salt from Khewra, Pakistan. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 333, 917–925 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-09329-x

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