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.

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