Fabrication and properties of translucent SrI2 and Eu:SrI 2 scintillator ceramics

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 57, Issue 6 PART 2, 2010, Pages 3827-3835

  Podowitz, Stephen R ^a   Gaumé, Romain M ^a   Hong, Wesley T ^a   Laouar, Atlal ^a   Feigelson, Robert S ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramic scintillators; europium; gamma ray spectrometers; scintillators; strontium iodide; transparent ceramics

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC SCINTILLATOR; DEHYDRATION TEMPERATURE; EMISSION BANDS; GRAIN SIZE; LIGHT YIELD; OPTICAL TRANSMISSIONS; PHOTOPEAKS; RADIO-LUMINESCENCE; SCINTILLATION CHARACTERIZATION; SCINTILLATORS; SINTERING CONDITION; STARTING POWDERS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TRANSLUCENT CERAMIC; TRANSPARENT CERAMICS;

EUROPIUM; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GAMMA RAYS; HOT PRESSING; IONIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; PHOSPHORS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SINTERING; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; STRONTIUM; THERMOANALYSIS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 78650402063     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2010.2084590     Document Type: Article

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