Application of computerized glow curve deconvolution to determine the spectroscopy of traps in colorless microcline

Kinetic parameters of glow peaks (as many as 14 in the range of 75–575 °C) of colorless microcline have been successfully achieved to a high degree of certainty by resorting to computerized glow curve deconvolution (CGCD) in the framework of kinetics formalism. The second derivative plot of the experimental glow curve is used to locate the hidden glow peaks. The criteria to accept the goodness of fit between the experimental glow curve and the numerically generated best fit curve is judged by statistical test namely, χ2-test. As a cross check, figure of merit (FOM) is also evaluated. The kinetic parameters of the higher temperature trap electrons of colorless microcline are determined by using lower heating rates.