On an alternative concept of the symmetry factor based on skewness of a TL peak

Authors

  • Sk. Azharuddin Assistant Teacher, Department of Physics, Raipur Sri Sri Ramkrishna Amirta Vidyalaya, Dakshin Raipur, Nodakhali-743318, West Bengal, India
  • Bikash Kumar Sarkar Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Mrinalini Datta Mahavidyapith, Birati, Kolkata-700051, West Bengal, India
  • Indranil Bhattacharyya AcharyaPrafulla Chandra College, New Barrackpore, Kol-131
  • Ananda Sarkar Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Acharya Prafulla Chandra College, New Barrackpore, Kolkata-700131, West Bengal, India
  • P. S. Majumdar Associate Professor (retd.), Department of Physics, Acharya Prafulla Chandra College, New Barrackpore, Kolkata-700131, West Bengal, India
  • S. Dorendrajit Singh Professor, Department of Physics, Manipur University, Canchipur, West Imphal-795003, Manipur, India

Keywords:

Skewness, symmetry factor, order of kinetics, activation energy, Thermoluminescence (TL)

Abstract

Symmetry factor is very crucial in the analysis of Thermoluminescence (TL) peaks. Knowledge of symmetry factor is required for the evalution of trapping parameters of a TL peak. The usual symmetry is denoted by shape factor  of the peak. In the present paper an alternative concept of symmetry factor of the TL peak based on its skewness is developed. The present findings are applied both to computer generated and experimental TL peaks and encouraging results have been obtained.

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2022-10-10

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Vol. 10 No. 2 (2021)

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