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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2007
Sergio Paulo Martins Loureiro, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Venkat Subramaniam Venkataramani, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Lucas Clarke, Brussels, BE;
Kevin P. Mcevoy, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Carl Joshua Vess, Latham, NY (US);
Thomas Mcnulty, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Steven Jude Duclos, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Adrian Ivan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Patricia A. Hubbard, Olmsted Falls, OH (US);
Sergio Paulo Martins Loureiro, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Venkat Subramaniam Venkataramani, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Lucas Clarke, Brussels, BE;
Kevin P. McEvoy, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Carl Joshua Vess, Latham, NY (US);
Thomas McNulty, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Steven Jude Duclos, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Adrian Ivan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Patricia A. Hubbard, Olmsted Falls, OH (US);
Momentive Performance Materials Inc., Albany, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of making a cubic halide scintillator material includes pressing a powder mixture of cubic halide and at least one activator under conditions of pressure, temperature, residence time and particle size effective to provide a polycrystalline sintered cubic halide scintillator having a pulse height resolution of from about 7% to about 20%. The conditions include a temperature ranging from about ambient temperature up to about 90% of the melting point of the cubic halide, a pressure of from about 30,000 psi to about 200,000 psi, a pressing residence time of from about 5 minutes to about 120 minutes and an average cubic halide particle size of from about 60 micrometers to about 275 micrometers.