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SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS

Scintillator

Alkor Technologies is a distributor of the leading Russian producers of Scintillators. We offer full range of scintillation crystals: BaF2, organic crystals, stylbene, p-terphenyl and other scintillation crystals are available upon request.

Properties of common inorganic scintillators.

  Specific Gravity Wavelength of max. Emission Right Yield Photons/MeV Decay Time
NaI(Tl)
3.67
415
38.000
0.23
CsI(Tl)
4.51
540
65.000
0.68(64%),3.34(36%)
CsI(Na)
4.51
420
39.000
0.46,4.18
BGO
7.13
480
8.200
0.30

BaF2-fast
BaF2-slow

4.89
4.89
220
310
1.400
9.500
0.0006
0.63
ZnSe(Te) 5.42 640   10-40*10-3
LSO:Ce
7.4
420
25.000
0.047

Applications using scintillation detectors:

1. NaI(Tl) - Anger camera detectors, oil well exploration, general purpose gamma ray, x-ray, and changed particle spectroscopy, large volume anti-Compton spectroscopy, low background radiation detection, high energy physics.

2. BaF2 scintillating crystal - Fast timing, time-of-flight applications, gamma ray and charged particle discrimination, positron emission tomography, high dose radiation fields, high energy physics.

3. CsI (Na) - Oil well exploration, large volume anti-Compton spectroscopy.

4. CsI(Tl) - High energy physics, photodiode applications, computerized axial tomography.