I'm working on RVG sensors and need information about their scintillator films and I need information to know what the material of this film is made of.
I would appreciate it If you have experience in this field help and share with me
Dear Alireza Norouzi
Thank you very much for posting an interesting technical question. Scintillating materials/scintillators are the materials capable of converting ionizing radiation to visible light. These materials are playing an essential role in X-ray imaging as well as X-ray detection. As stated by Michael Uebel generally CsI is used as scintillator in RVG sensor. However, other scintillating materials capable of detecting and imaging with X-ray include powder materials like Gd2O2S:Tb (typically known as P43 or Gadox) and Y3Al5O12 :Ce (known as P46), single crystalline materials i. e. yttrium-aluminim-garnet:Ce (Y3Al5O12:Ce, namely YAG:Ce) and lutetium-aluminum-garnet:Ce (Lu3Al5O12:Ce, namely LuAG:Ce) etc. Only few examples are mentioned here. For more examples please have a look at the following article. This article is available on RG, but only the abstract are there. However, you can have the full article by requesting the corresponding author. I do not have the working experience with the application of the materials mentioned in this article, so you can use these scintillating materials to design new RVG sensors as a test basis. Good luck with your research !
Article Scintillator materials for X-ray detectors and beam monitors
Dear Alireza Norouzi ,
in addition to the contributions of Michael Uebel and Shafikul Islam please see attached examples of data sheets of CsI.
You may 'google' by yourself; there is a lot of stuff...
Good luck
Dear Alireza, to my knowledge RVG (RadioVisioGraphy) sensors are mainly used in dentistry:
Article Presentation and physical evaluation of RadioVisioGraphy
As already mentioned in the previous expert answers, cesium iodide is the most common scintillator material used in such devices. One of the most brilliant scintillators known is thallium-activated (thallium-doped) cesium iodide, CsI:Tl. For more information about this material please have a look at the following very interesting article:
Multiple doping of CsI:Tl crystals and its effect on afterglow
Article Multiple doping of CsI : Tl crystals and its effect on afterglow
Various other articles related to CsI and CsI:Tl have been posted on RG.
Good luck with your work and best wishes!
Hi Dr Alireza Norouzi . They are made of inorganic materials, and are usually an alkali halide salt, such as sodium iodide (NaI) or cesium iodide (CsI). https://www.nuclear-power.com/nuclear-engineering/radiation-detection/scintillation-counter-scintillation-detector/scintillation-materials-types-of-scintillators/
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