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An analytical formulation that calculates the thermodynamic properties of zirconium carbide and zirconium nitride has been produced using the n-dimensional Debye function. The results of the heat capacity and entropy calculated here for ZrM (M=N and C) were compared with the literature data, and are found to be in agreement. This agreement shows that the used method would be useful to calculate the thermophysical properties (heat capacity, entropy, etc.) of materials such as ZrC and ZrN. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Activation energy was experimentally determined using the curve-fitting, initial-rise and the peak-shape methods involving pulse annealing experiments in NaCl samples irradiated at 10, 20, 30 and 40 Gy beta-doses and infrared stimulated luminescence (IRSL) signal at a temperature range of 100-300 °C. It was observed that the activation energy for NaCl decreases as the dose increased. The results were compared to other studies and discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]