Title

Fundamental Studies on Scintillation Phosphors

Creator

Burgwald, G. M.

Reiffel, L.

Date

1953

Date Issued

1953-07-09

Extent

56

Corporate Author

Illinois Inst. of Tech. Armour Research Foundation

Contract

AF 18-(600)352

Index In

Air Force Scientific Research Bibliography 1950-1956 (1961), p. 306

Distribution Classification

2

DTIC Record Exists

No

Report Availability

Not available via Contrails

Abstract

A study is described of the nature of afterflow in inorganic scintillation phosphors when bombarded by high energy gamma radiation. The afterflow characteristics of several of the more important scintillation phosphors were studied, both under standard conditions and under variable temperature and pressure. All of the important inorganic phosphors studied exhibit varying degrees of afterflow, and in cases where the level of activity being measured varies by orders of magnitude, the effect of residual light from the crystal becomes important.

Type

report