Definition of thermoluminescence in English:
thermoluminescence
nounˌθəːmə(ʊ)luːmɪˈnɛs(ə)nsˌθərmoʊˌluməˈnɛsəns
mass nounThe property of some materials which have accumulated energy over a long period of becoming luminescent when pretreated and subjected to high temperatures, used as a means of dating ancient ceramics and other artefacts.
Example sentencesExamples
- Many minerals heated at hundreds of degrees emit luminescence, so that thermoluminescence has been used initially in geology, archeological dating and radiation dosimetry.
- To determine the time since the object was last fired, a sample of around 30 mg is removed and heated to 500°C, which releases the stored energy in the form of light - this is thermoluminescence.
- But with the advent of more sophisticated techniques, firstly with thermoluminescence and now with optically stimulated luminescence, our ability to define the limits of that chronology is much sharper.
- Scientists testing old occupation sites by thermoluminescence have suggested an Aboriginal presence of up to 60000 years.
- The thermoluminescence does not manifest itself until a temperature of 932°F is reached.
- Perhaps one of the best-known techniques is thermoluminescence, which is used on ceramic works.
Derivatives
adjective
I changed the wick and coated it with thermoluminescent salts which glow when they get hot.
Example sentencesExamples
- External radiation exposure rates were measured at locations on and off the Hanford Site using thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs).
- In the majority of cases the pot will have been fired to about 800° C in antiquity when it was made, so that accumulation of stored energy begins anew from that time, and there is the possibility, first suggested by Daniels et al., that the thermoluminescent glow observed from ancient pottery could be used as a measure of its age.
- A still further object of the present invention is to provide various uses for thermoluminescent material.
Definition of thermoluminescence in US English:
thermoluminescence
nounˌTHərmōˌlo͞oməˈnesənsˌθərmoʊˌluməˈnɛsəns
The property of some materials which have accumulated energy over a long period of becoming luminescent when pretreated and subjected to high temperatures, used as a means of dating ancient ceramics and other artifacts.
Example sentencesExamples
- Perhaps one of the best-known techniques is thermoluminescence, which is used on ceramic works.
- To determine the time since the object was last fired, a sample of around 30 mg is removed and heated to 500°C, which releases the stored energy in the form of light - this is thermoluminescence.
- The thermoluminescence does not manifest itself until a temperature of 932°F is reached.
- Many minerals heated at hundreds of degrees emit luminescence, so that thermoluminescence has been used initially in geology, archeological dating and radiation dosimetry.
- But with the advent of more sophisticated techniques, firstly with thermoluminescence and now with optically stimulated luminescence, our ability to define the limits of that chronology is much sharper.
- Scientists testing old occupation sites by thermoluminescence have suggested an Aboriginal presence of up to 60000 years.