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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2005
Kazuhisa Kurashige, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Ishibashi, Tsukuba, JP;
Keiji Sumiya, Tsukuba, JP;
Nachimuthu Senguttuvan, Tsukuba, JP;
Kazuhiro Yoshida, Hitachi, JP;
Naoaki Shimura, Hitachinaka, JP;
Kazuhisa Kurashige, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Ishibashi, Tsukuba, JP;
Keiji Sumiya, Tsukuba, JP;
Nachimuthu Senguttuvan, Tsukuba, JP;
Kazuhiro Yoshida, Hitachi, JP;
Naoaki Shimura, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an inorganic scintillator including a matrix material comprising a metal oxide, and a luminescence center made of Ce contained in the matrix material, the inorganic scintillator being adapted to scintillate in response to a radiation; wherein the matrix material further comprises a dopant having a tetravalent ionization energy I [kJ·mol] satisfying the condition represented by the following expression (1):3000≦I≦3500.   (1)