The thermoluminescence of manganese‐activated calcium fluoride has been found to be dependent on both its manganese content and the presence of other foreign ions. Sodium and oxygen promote high temperature glow peaks, whereas the addition of trivalent cations causes the thermoluminescence of oxygen‐containing material to occur at lower temperatures. Thermoluminescence may be excited by x‐rays, by mechanical handling, or by irradiation with blue light. Glow peak positions are independent of the method of excitation.
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Ginther et al. (1957) studied this question.