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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2009
Applicants:
Hiroyuki Okuda, Osaka, JP;
Naoyuki Okamoto, Osaka, JP;
Shinroh Itoh, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi Metals, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/164 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for producing a single crystal scintillator material according to the present invention includes the steps of: providing a solvent including: at least one element selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Rb and Cs; W and/or Mo; B; and oxygen; melting a Ce compound and a Lu compound that have been mixed with the solvent by heating the mixture to a temperature of 800° C. to 1,350° C.; and growing a single crystal by cooling the compounds melted. The single crystal is represented by the compositional formula (CeLu)BO, in which the mole fraction x of Ce satisfies 0.0001≦x≦0.05.