Development of Containing 6Li Glass Scintillators for Neutron Detection

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1077.2012.12098

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Since the development of first generation glass scintillators for neutron detection in the 1950s, glass scintillators have played an increasingly unsubstitutional role in the fields of nuclear physics, high energy physics, industry detection (neutron spectrum measurement, neutron radiography, α, β, and γ-ray detection in extreme environments). Most researches were concentrated on containing ⁶Li, 10B silicate, phosphate, fluoro-oxide glass doped with lanthanide ions (Ce³⁺, Tb³⁺, Pr³⁺, etc.). This paper described performance characteristic, development history and luminescence mechanism of glass scintillators, then focused on studies about preparation methods, optical properties, neutron detection efficiency and luminescence delay time measurement of containing ⁶Li silicate glass, containing ⁶Li phosphate glasses, 6Li fluoxygen glasses and other glass scintillators, and pointed out future development trends and application fields of glass scintillators.

Key words: neutron detection, glass scintillators, properties, review

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TL812

CHEN Yan-Ping, LUO De-Li. Development of Containing ⁶Li Glass Scintillators for Neutron Detection[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2012, 27(11): 1121-1128.

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