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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2019
Applicant:
Denka Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
DENKA COMPANY LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 11/79 (2006.01); C09K 11/77 (2006.01); C09K 11/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 11/7734 (2013.01); C09K 11/0883 (2013.01); C09K 11/7721 (2013.01); C09K 11/7792 (2013.01);
Abstract
An α-sialon phosphor represented by general formula: MEu(Si,Al)(O,N), where M represents at least one or more elements selected from Li, Mg, Ca, Y and a lanthanoid (excluding La and Ce), 0<x, and 0<y, where the phosphor includes, as a host crystal, a crystal structure identical to that of an α-sialon crystal phase, and the phosphor has a bulk density of 1.00 g/cmor more and 1.80 g/cmor less. Also provided is a light-emitting element including the α-sialon phosphor and a semiconductor light-emitting element capable of exciting the α-sialon phosphor.