Bright and fast neutron scintillators
AssigneesStichting Voor Technische Wetenschappen, Universite de Berne
InventorsKarl Wilhelm KRAEMER, Hans-Ulrich Guedel, Aurelie Bessiere, Pieter Dorenbos, Carel Wilhelm Eduard Van Eijk
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Abstract
A scintillating material Cs(2-z)RbzLiLn(1-x)X6:xCe3+, where X is either Br or I, Ln is Y or Gd or Lu or Sc or La, where z is greater or equal to 0 and less or equal to 2, and x is above 0.0005 useful for detecting neutrons in a sample of radiation.
Claims21
1-29. (canceled)
A neutron sensitive scintillating material of the formula Rb2LiLnX6:xCe3+ where X is either Br or I, Ln is Y or Gd or Lu or Sc or La, and x is above 0.0005.
A neutron sensitive scintillating material of the formula Cs(2-z)RbzLiLn(1-x)I6:xCe3+, where Ln is Y or Gd or Lu or Sc or La, where z is greater or equal to 0 and less or equal to 2, and x is above 0.0005.
A scintillating material of the formula Rb2LiLnX6:xCe3+ where X is either Br or I, Ln is Y or Gd or Lu or Sc or La, and x is above 0.0005.
A scintillating material of the formula Cs(2-z)RbzLiLn(1-x)I6:xCe3+, where Ln is Y or Gd or Lu or Sc or La, where z is greater or equal to 0 and less or equal to 2, and x is above 0.0005.
49 The material according to claim 40, where Ln is Y.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.