Recovery of α-Al2O3 from Ionizing Radiation Dosimetric Sensors

Corundum, sapphire or α-Al2O3 is an important technological material in many optical and electronic applications such as solid-state lasers, optical windows and, more recently, as a radiation detector. Landauer (Glenwood, IL, USA) accumulated large number of archived and stored Luxel™ dosemeters com...

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Main Authors: Edgar Aparecido Sanches, Ademir Geraldo Cavallari Costalonga, Luana de Freitas Nascimento, Yvone Maria Mascarenhas, Yvonne Primerano Mascarenhas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia e Materiais (ABM); Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica (ABC); Associação Brasileira de Polímeros (ABPol) 2015-02-01
Series:Materials Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-14392015000100113&tlng=en