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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2005
Alok Mani Srivastava, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Steven Jude Duclos, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Lucas Lemar Clarke, Uniontown, OH (US);
Holly Ann Comanzo, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Qun Deng, Shanghai, CN;
Alok Mani Srivastava, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Steven Jude Duclos, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Lucas Lemar Clarke, Uniontown, OH (US);
Holly Ann Comanzo, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Qun Deng, Shanghai, CN;
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A scintillator composition includes a matrix material, where the matrix material includes an alkaline earth metal and a lanthanide halide. The scintillator composition further includes an activator ion, where the activator ion is a trivalent ion. In one embodiment, the scintillator composition includes a matrix material represented by ALnX, where A includes an alkaline earth metal, Ln includes a lanthanide ion, and X includes a halide ion. In another embodiment, the scintillator composition includes a matrix material represented by ALnX, where A includes an alkaline earth metal, Ln includes a lanthanide ion, and X includes a halide ion. In these embodiments, the scintillator composition includes an activator ion, where the activator ion includes cerium, or bismuth, or praseodymium, or combinations thereof.