High Energy Physics BGO Scintillation Crystal Non Hygroscopic
Non-hygroscopic no cleavage High energy physics BGO Scintillation Crystal
Bismuth Germanate (Bi4Ge3012 or BGO) is one of the most widely used scintillation materials of the oxide type. It has high atomic number and density values. Detectors based on BGO have volume 10 - 4 times and mass 5 - 7 times less than those with Alkali Halide scintillators. BGO is mechanically strong enough, rugged, non-hygroscopic, and has no cleavage .BGO has an extreme high density of 7.13 g /cm3 and has a high Z value which makes these crystals very suitable for the detection of natural radioactivity (U, Th, K), for high energy physics applications (high photofraction) or in compact compton suppression spectrometers.
Properties:
| Density(g/cm3) | 7.13 |
| Melting Point (K) | 1323 |
| Thermal Expansion Coefficient (C-1) | 7 x 10-6 |
| Cleavage Plane | None |
| Hardness (Mho) | 5 |
| Hygroscopic | No |
| Wavelength of Emission Max. (nm) | 480 |
| Primary Decay Time (ns) | 300 |
| Light Yield (photons/Kev) | 8-10 |
| Photoelectron Yield [% of NaI(Tl)] (for γ-rays) | 15 - 20 |
Advantage:
Non-hygroscopic
High density, high Z, High detection efficiency
Low afterglow
Application:
High energy physics
Spectrometry and radiometry of gamma-radiation
Positron tomography nuclear medical imaging
Anti-Compton detectors
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