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Method for growing strontium iodide scintillating crystals by nonvacuum Bridgman method

A technology of crucible drop method and scintillation crystal, which is applied in the field of preparation of pure strontium iodide and europium ion-doped strontium iodide crystals grown by deoxidizer method, can solve complex operation, low expansion coefficient, and variable energy resolution at the end of crystal growth. To achieve the effect of simple operation and low cost

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-08-15
CHINA JILIANG UNIV
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Due to SrI 2 The raw material is easy to absorb water, but the actual operation process will inevitably have pollution, resulting in the growth of crystals with a small amount of oxides wrapped in the crystal, or oxygen ions in the crystal, becoming harmful impurities, resulting in a decrease in the crystal light output and transmittance , leading to poor energy resolution at the end of crystal growth
[0007] In addition, although quartz glass is widely used as a crucible material for halide crystal growth, its expansion coefficient is low and its chemical inertness is high. However, after all, it has brought in oxygen that may affect the crystal performance, and the crucible needs to be evacuated, and the heating process of crystal growth is also difficult. It needs to be done slowly, and the operation is more complicated

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Embodiment 1

[0018] Growth Φ25×200mm 3 The specific process steps of the strontium iodide scintillation crystal are:

[0019] 1) select commercially available carbon powder as deoxidizer and commercially available 99.9% strontium iodide and europium iodide powder as raw materials, weigh strontium iodide, europium iodide and carbon powder, the addition of carbon powder is 1%, Europium iodide: strontium iodide=5%, the weighed raw materials were evenly mixed, and the whole operation process was operated in a glove box with a water content lower than 10ppm.

[0020] 2) Place the strontium iodide seed crystals at the bottom of a cylindrical platinum crucible, then put in the mixed raw materials, and seal the crucible. The wall thickness of the crucible is 0.10 mm.

[0021] 3) Put the crucible prepared in step 2) into the crystal growth furnace. The contact part between the seed crystal and the raw material is in the middle of the temperature gradient area to ensure that the seed crystal is not...

Embodiment 2

[0026] Growth Φ50×200mm 3 The specific process steps of the strontium iodide scintillation crystal are:

[0027] 1) select commercially available carbon powder as deoxidizer and commercially available 99.9% strontium iodide and europium iodide powder as raw materials, weigh strontium iodide, europium iodide and carbon powder, the addition of carbon powder is 0.01%, Europium iodide: strontium iodide=5%, the weighed raw materials were evenly mixed, and the whole operation process was operated in a glove box with a water content lower than 10ppm.

[0028] 2) Place the strontium iodide seed crystals at the bottom of a cylindrical platinum crucible, then put in the mixed raw materials, and seal the crucible. The wall thickness of the crucible is 1 mm.

[0029] 3) Put the crucible prepared in step 2) into the crystal growth furnace, the contact part between the seed crystal and the raw material is in the middle of the temperature gradient area, so as to ensure that the seed crystal...

Embodiment 3

[0033] Growth Φ50×200mm 3 The specific process steps of pure strontium iodide scintillation crystal are:

[0034] 1) Select commercially available carbon powder as a deoxidizer and commercially available 99.9% strontium iodide and europium iodide powder as raw materials, weigh strontium iodide and carbon powder, the addition of carbon powder is 0.5%, and weigh the The raw materials are mixed evenly, and the whole operation process is operated in a glove box with a water content of less than 10ppm.

[0035] 2) Put the mixed raw materials into the crucible, and seal the crucible, the wall thickness of the crucible is 1mm.

[0036]3) Put the crucible prepared in step 2) into the crystal growth furnace. The bottom of the crucible is in the middle of the temperature gradient zone. Raise the temperature to 560°C and keep the temperature constant for 5 hours. The temperature gradient in the temperature gradient zone is 30°C / h to ensure that the crucible All the raw materials are me...

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Abstract

The invention relates to a method for growing strontium iodide scintillating crystals by a nonvacuum crucible descent method, which is characterized by comprising the following steps: selecting one or the mixture of more than one of strong-reduction-property high-purity material carbon powder, silica powder, boron powder or sulphur powder with strong reduction property; doping the above materialsinto the growth raw materials, namely strontium iodide and europium iodide crystal to serve as deoxidant; evenly mixing the raw materials and the deoxidant; placing the mixed raw materials into a crucible, so as to acquire the europium ion-doped strontium iodide scintillating crystal with high optical quality by the crucible descent method. The technique is simple to operate, and is suitable for batch production. The europium ion-doped strontium iodide scintillating crystal manufactured by the invention is suitable for being used in scintillating detection materials in the fields of safety inspection equipment, nuclear medical imaging and nuclear radiation detection.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a method for growing strontium iodide scintillation crystals by a non-vacuum crucible descending method, in particular to a deoxidizer method for growing pure strontium iodide (SrI 2 ) and europium ion-doped strontium iodide (SrI 2 : Eu) crystal preparation method. The invention belongs to the technical field of crystal growth. Background technique [0002] The huge market for scintillation crystals in security inspection equipment and nuclear medicine imaging has prompted continuous research and development of the scintillation properties of new crystal materials and improvements to existing scintillation materials. As early as 1968, Robert Hofstadter discovered that europium ion doped strontium iodide SrI 2 : The scintillation performance of Eu crystal, the crystal has applied for a patent, but SrI 2 : Eu crystals have not been used in radiation detectors since then. In 2008, researchers from Lawrence Livermore National ...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): C30B11/00C30B29/12
Inventor 秦来顺史宏声舒康颖
Owner CHINA JILIANG UNIV