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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2006
Pieter Dorenbos, GM Rijswijk, NL;
Carel Wilhelm Eduard Van Eijk, LS Delft, NL;
Hans-ulrich Gudel, Thorishaus, CH;
Karl Wilhelm Kramer, Bern, CH;
Edgar Valentijn Dieuwer Van Loef, AP Rotterdam, NL;
Pieter Dorenbos, GM Rijswijk, NL;
Carel Wilhelm Eduard Van Eijk, LS Delft, NL;
Hans-Ulrich Gudel, Thorishaus, CH;
Karl Wilhelm Kramer, Bern, CH;
Edgar Valentijn Dieuwer Van Loef, AP Rotterdam, NL;
Stichting Voor de Technische Wetenschappen, Utrecht, NL;
Abstract
The invention concerns an inorganic scintillator material of general composition M1-xCexBr3, wherein: M is selected among lanthanides or lanthanide mixtures of the group consisting of La, Gd, Y in particular among lanthanides or lanthanide mixtures of the group consisting of La, Gd; and x is the molar rate of substitution of M with cerium, x being not less that 0.01 mol % and strictly less than 100 mol %. The invention also concerns a method of growing such a monocrystalline scintillator material, and the use of same as component of a scintillating detector for industrial and medical purpose or in the oil industry.