Scintillation compound including a rare earth element and a process of forming the same
AssigneeLuxium Solutions, LLC
InventorsSamuel Blahuta, Eric E. Mattmann, Damien Pauwels, Bruno Viana
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Abstract
A scintillation compound can include a rare earth silicate. The rare-earth silicate may be lutetium yttrium orthosilicate. The rare-earth silicate may be doped with Ce. The rare-earth silicate doped with Ce may include a rare-earth element in a tetravalent state at a concentration of at least approximately 10 ppm atomic of the scintillation compound.
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A scintillation compound comprising a rare-earth silicate, wherein the rare-earth silicate is lutetium yttrium orthosilicate, the rare-earth silicate is doped with Ce, and the Ce is in a tetravalent state at a concentration of at least approximately 10 ppm atomic of the scintillation compound.
A scintillation compound comprising a rare earth element in a tetravalent state at a concentration of at least approximately 10 ppm atomic of the scintillation compound, wherein the scintillation compound is a rare earth silicate compound and the rare earth silicate compound is lutetium yttrium orthosilicate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.