Thermoluminescence of Natural Quartz Grains Beside Huguangyan Maar Lake

Abstract

Abstract In order to study the relationship between the thermoluminescence (TL) properties of natural quartz crystals and the irradiation history, the TL test of quartz particles was carried out on volcanic ash near Huguangyan Maar Lake in Zhanjiang City. The TL glow curve and dose response of quartz were measured. The parameters of TL traps are calculated, and the activation energies corresponding to the TL peaks of 260, 310 and 365 °C of quartz grains are 1.34, 1.44 and 1.51eV, respectively. The peak position of the TL glow curve changes mildly with the increase of irradiation dose of quartz particles, indicating that the energy of a TL trap is not a single value, but an energy distribution; in the range of 355 °C to 375°C, the TL sensitivity changes greatly with the increase of the historical irradiation dose.