Ceramic scintillator, method for manufacturing ceramic scintillator, radiation detector, and radiation test device

Abstract

A ceramic scintillator of an embodiment includes a sintered body of a gadolinium oxysulfide phosphor containing praseodymium as a main activator. When a body color of the sintered body is represented by chromaticity coordinates (x, y) based on a CIE1931 chromaticity value, the sintered body has a body color satisfying 0.4≤x≤0.505 . . . (1) and 0.83x+0.075≤y≤0.83x+0.095 . . . (2). The ceramic scintillator of the embodiment is obtained by a method for manufacturing a ceramic scintillator, the method including a heat treatment step of causing a reaction gas containing oxygen and sulfur to react with the sintered body. A heat treatment time in the heat treatment step is 1 hour or more and 50 hours or less.

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