Low-cost and effective organic scintillators

Test results of the optical and scintillation properties of low-cost scintillators based on widely produced oil-refinery products are presented. Under excitation with high-energy particles, the best speciments of the scintillators 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.