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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1989
Richard R Borchardt, Towanda, PA (US);
Richard G Gingerich, Towanda, PA (US);
Michael J Miller, Towanda, PA (US);
GTE Products Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A cadmium-free cathodoluminescent phosphor composition consists essentially of zinc sulfide activated with from about 0.019% by weight to about 0.024% by weight of copper and from about 0.01% by weight of about 0.02% by weight of aluminum wherein the emission of the phosphor upon stimulation by cathode rays has CIE values of x of from 0.287 to 0.291 and y from 0.616 to 0.620. The process involves solid state heating of the various raw materials wherein a first relatively pure zinc sulfide and a second zinc sulfide containing chloride ions are mixed with the appropriate levels of and alkali metal chloride and sources of copper and aluminum activators and then heated in a nitrogen-carbon disulfide atmosphere for about 3 hours at 1775.degree. C. to about 1825.degree. C.