Low-cost and effective organic scintillators

Authors
Vasil'chenko, VG Golovkin, SV Medvedkov, AM Solov'ev, AS
Citation
Vg. Vasil'Chenko et al., Low-cost and effective organic scintillators, INSTR EXP R, 43(5), 2000, pp. 612-616
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
INSTRUMENTS AND EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES
ISSN journal
00204412 → ACNP
Volume
43
Issue
5
Year of publication
2000
Pages
612 - 616
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-4412(200009/10)43:5<612:LAEOS>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Test results of the optical and scintillation properties of low-cost scinti llators based on widely produced oil-refinery products are presented. Under excitation with high-energy particles, the best specimens of the scintilla tors showed luminescence decay times of 6.3-8.9 ns and light outputs of 80- 90% that of a benchmark polystyrene scintillator containing 2% pTP + 0.05% POPOP.