Risø calibration quartz – A challenge for β-source calibration. An applied study with relevance for luminescence dating

Riso calibration quartz (RCQ) is used worldwide in luminescence laboratories to calibrate β-sources. RCQ is advantageous because the inherent γ-dose is determined conveniently with a blue light stimulated luminescence (BLSL) single aliquot regeneration (SAR) protocol and dose equivalents (DEs) are highly reproducible with standard errors of the mean of usually