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Science 30 September 1977:
Vol. 197. no. 4311, pp. 1364 - 1365
DOI: 10.1126/science.197.4311.1364
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Temperature Exposure Measured by the Use of Thermoluminescence

G. PATRICK ROMBERG 1, W. PREPEJCHAL 1, and S. A. SPIGARELLI 1

1 Ecological Sciences Section, Radiological and Environmental Research Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439

A method has been developed to measure temperature exposure based on the use of the temperature-dependent property of thermoluminescence fade. This property provides a relatively simple and inexpensive method for measuring both average and accumulated temperature exposure without the need for sophisticated temperature-recording equipment.

Submitted on May 20, 1976
Revised on January 17, 1977

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