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Ceramic Scintillation Materials—Approaches, Challenges and Possibilities

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Engineering of Scintillation Materials and Radiation Technologies (ISMART 2018)

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Abstract

Various stages of the preparation of polycrystalline materials based on compounds with garnet structure of general composition (Gd,Y)3(Al,Ga)5O12:Ce are considered. Certain patterns and difficulties are noted for each stage of the process. Examples are given from experimental results on obtaining of garnet ceramics.

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The work on ceramics for neutron detection is supported by Russian Federation Government (grant number 14.W03.31.0004).

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  1. National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russian Federation

    P. V. Karpyuk, G. A. Dosovitskiy, D. E. Kuznetsova, E. V. Gordienko, A. A. Fedorov, V. A. Mechinsky & M. V. Korzhik

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    P. V. Karpyuk, G. A. Dosovitskiy, D. E. Kuznetsova & E. V. Gordienko

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    A. E. Dosovitskiy

  4. Institute for Nuclear Problems of Belarussian State University, Minsk, Republic of Belarus

    A. A. Fedorov, V. A. Mechinsky & M. V. Korzhik

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Karpyuk, P.V. et al. (2019). Ceramic Scintillation Materials—Approaches, Challenges and Possibilities. In: Korzhik, M., Gektin, A. (eds) Engineering of Scintillation Materials and Radiation Technologies. ISMART 2018. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 227. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21970-3_5

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