Date of Award

Fall 1970

Document Type

Thesis - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

First Advisor

Seitz, Martin A.

Second Advisor

Wackman, Peter

Third Advisor

Hirthe, Walter

Abstract

Recently there has been considerable interest in studying the defect structure of metal oxides by observing their solid state luminescent behavior. Thermoluminescence is observed by beating a sample after excitation with high energy radiation and recording the intensity of light emitted as a function of temperature. This investigation was undertaken to combine the laws of thermodynamics of solids with the thermoluminescent experiment in order to study the defect structure of zinc oxide and cerium oxide.

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