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Title: Lanthanide doped strontium-barium cesium halide scintillators

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1183903

The present invention provides for a composition comprising an inorganic scintillator comprising an optionally lanthanide-doped strontium-barium, optionally cesium, halide, useful for detecting nuclear material.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
Patent Number(s):
9,053,832
Application Number:
13/272,152
OSTI ID:
1183903
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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