Fabrication and Characterization of K2CeCl5/6LiCl and CeCl3/SrCl2/6LiCl Eutectics for Thermal Neutron Detection
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Crystal Growth
2.2. Phase Identification
2.3. Scintillation Properties
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Crystal Growth
3.2. Phase Identification
3.3. Luminescence Properties
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Activator | Li Concentration (mol/cm3) | Density (g/cm3) | Hygroscopicity | Light Yield (Photons/Neutron) | Decay Time (ns) | |
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K2CeCl5/6LiCl | Ce | 0.035 | 2.65 [19] | high | 23,000 | 4, 66 |
CeCl3/SrCl2/6LiCl | Ce | 0.025 | 3.02 [19] | high | 22,000 | 5, 51, 566 |
LiCAF | Ce | 0.015 | 2.9 [29] | No | 4200 [11] | 38 [11] |
LiCAF | Eu | 0.015 | 2.9 [29] | No | 29,000 [30] | 1150 [31] |
CLYC | Ce | 0.006 | 3.3 [29] | Little | 14,400 [12] | 900 [12] |
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Yajima, R.; Kamada, K.; Yoshino, M.; Takizawa, Y.; Kutsuzawa, N.; Sasaki, R.; Horiai, T.; Murakami, R.; Kim, K.J.; Kochurikhin, V.V.; et al. Fabrication and Characterization of K2CeCl5/6LiCl and CeCl3/SrCl2/6LiCl Eutectics for Thermal Neutron Detection. Crystals 2022, 12, 1795. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12121795
Yajima R, Kamada K, Yoshino M, Takizawa Y, Kutsuzawa N, Sasaki R, Horiai T, Murakami R, Kim KJ, Kochurikhin VV, et al. Fabrication and Characterization of K2CeCl5/6LiCl and CeCl3/SrCl2/6LiCl Eutectics for Thermal Neutron Detection. Crystals. 2022; 12(12):1795. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12121795
Chicago/Turabian StyleYajima, Ryuga, Kei Kamada, Masao Yoshino, Yui Takizawa, Naoko Kutsuzawa, Rei Sasaki, Takahiko Horiai, Rikito Murakami, Kyoung Jin Kim, Vladimir V. Kochurikhin, and et al. 2022. "Fabrication and Characterization of K2CeCl5/6LiCl and CeCl3/SrCl2/6LiCl Eutectics for Thermal Neutron Detection" Crystals 12, no. 12: 1795. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12121795