Barium iodide and strontium iodide crystals andd scintillators implementing the same
Abstract
In one embodiment, a material comprises a crystal comprising strontium iodide providing at least 50,000 photons per MeV. A scintillator radiation detector according to another embodiment includes a scintillator optic comprising europium-doped strontium iodide providing at least 50,000 photons per MeV. A scintillator radiation detector in yet another embodiment includes a scintillator optic comprising SrI.sub.2 and BaI.sub.2, wherein a ratio of SrI.sub.2 to BaI.sub.2 is in a range of between 0:1 A method for manufacturing a crystal suitable for use in a scintillator includes mixing strontium iodide-containing crystals with a source of Eu.sup.2+, heating the mixture above a melting point of the strontium iodide-containing crystals, and cooling the heated mixture near the seed crystal for growing a crystal. Additional materials, systems, and methods are presented.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1108009
- Patent Number(s):
- 8580149
- Application Number:
- 12/255,375
- Assignee:
- Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA); Fisk University (Nashville, TN)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C09 - DYES C09K - MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21K - TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING PARTICLES OR IONISING RADIATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Payne, Stephen A, Cherepy, Nerine J, Hull, Giulia E, Drobshoff, Alexander D, and Burger, Arnold. Barium iodide and strontium iodide crystals andd scintillators implementing the same. United States: N. p., 2013.
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Payne, Stephen A, Cherepy, Nerine J, Hull, Giulia E, Drobshoff, Alexander D, & Burger, Arnold. Barium iodide and strontium iodide crystals andd scintillators implementing the same. United States.
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"Barium iodide and strontium iodide crystals andd scintillators implementing the same". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1108009.
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title = {Barium iodide and strontium iodide crystals andd scintillators implementing the same},
author = {Payne, Stephen A and Cherepy, Nerine J and Hull, Giulia E and Drobshoff, Alexander D and Burger, Arnold},
abstractNote = {In one embodiment, a material comprises a crystal comprising strontium iodide providing at least 50,000 photons per MeV. A scintillator radiation detector according to another embodiment includes a scintillator optic comprising europium-doped strontium iodide providing at least 50,000 photons per MeV. A scintillator radiation detector in yet another embodiment includes a scintillator optic comprising SrI.sub.2 and BaI.sub.2, wherein a ratio of SrI.sub.2 to BaI.sub.2 is in a range of between 0:1 A method for manufacturing a crystal suitable for use in a scintillator includes mixing strontium iodide-containing crystals with a source of Eu.sup.2+, heating the mixture above a melting point of the strontium iodide-containing crystals, and cooling the heated mixture near the seed crystal for growing a crystal. Additional materials, systems, and methods are presented.},
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