A PERSONAL-COMPUTER-BASED THERMOLUMINESCENCE DATA ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR STUDIES ON LOW-TEMPERATURE THERMOLUMINESCENCE GLOW PEAKS FROM PHOTOSYNTHETIC MATERIAL

摘要

A personal-computer-based low-temperature thermoluminescence system has been developed for recording thermoluminescence from photosynthetic materials, in the temperature range from liquid nitrogen temperature (-196 degrees C) to +60 degrees C. Programmable and linear temperature-time profiles are provided by a dedicated microprocessor-based PID temperature controller. The PC/AT with an add-on card acquires the thermoluminescence data. This paper describes the thermoluminescence bet-up, the interface to the personal computer and the software developed for acquisition, processing and analysis of the thermoluminescence data. [References: 26]