The invention discloses a scintillating material with low
decay time and a preparation method, the molecular formula of the scintillating material is Li (Cax, Sr1-x) 2I5: zEu < 2 + > (wherein the value range of x is greater than or equal to 0.2 and less than or equal to 0.4, and the value range of z is 2-4mol%). The preparation method comprises the following steps: weighing the raw materials LiI
powder, CaI2
powder, SrI2
powder and EuI2 powder in proportion, uniformly mixing, putting into a
quartz tube, vacuumizing and sealing the
quartz tube, heating and synthesizing at high temperature, and cooling to obtain the Li (Cax, Sr1-x) 2I5: zEu < 2 + > scintillating material with low
decay time. The Li (Cax, Sr1-x) 2I5: zEu < 2 + > scintillating material prepared by the invention has low
decay time (lt; 300ns), and can be used in the fields of thermal
neutron detection, safety inspection and the like.