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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2005
Shigenori Shimizu, Tsukuba, JP;
Kazuhisa Kurashige, Hitachinaka, JP;
Tatsuya Usui, Hitachinaka, JP;
Naoaki Shimura, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Ishibashi, Hitachinaka, JP;
Keiji Sumiya, Tsukuba, JP;
Kenzou Susa, Tsukuba, JP;
Shigenori Shimizu, Tsukuba, JP;
Kazuhisa Kurashige, Hitachinaka, JP;
Tatsuya Usui, Hitachinaka, JP;
Naoaki Shimura, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Ishibashi, Hitachinaka, JP;
Keiji Sumiya, Tsukuba, JP;
Kenzou Susa, Tsukuba, JP;
Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention provides an inorganic scintillator capable of producing scintillation by radiation, which is a crystal comprising metal oxides including Lu, Gd, Ce and Si, which satisfies the condition specified by the following inequality (1A):0.0025≦{/()}≦0.025,  (1A)and which has an absorption coefficient of no greater than 0.500 cmfor light with a wavelength of 415 nm.