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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2006
D. Wayne Cooke, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Edward A. Mckigney, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Ross E. Muenchausen, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Bryan L. Bennett, Los Alamos, NM (US);
D. Wayne Cooke, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Edward A. McKigney, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Ross E. Muenchausen, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Bryan L. Bennett, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Los Alamos National Security, LLC, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Abstract
A compact includes a mixture of a solid binder and at least one nanopowder phosphor chosen from yttrium oxide, yttrium tantalate, barium fluoride, cesium fluoride, bismuth germanate, zinc gallate, calcium magnesium pyrosilicate, calcium molybdate, calcium chlorovanadate, barium titanium pyrophosphate, a metal tungstate, a cerium doped nanophosphor, a bismuth doped nanophosphor, a lead doped nanophosphor, a thallium doped sodium iodide, a doped cesium iodide, a rare earth doped pyrosilicate, or a lanthanide halide. The compact can be used in a radiation detector for detecting ionizing radiation.