SP101 Plastic Scintillator

SP101 plastic scintillators are blue light plastic scintillators which can be used to measure gamma-ray, X-ray, etc. They are relatively inexpensive compared to other scintillators and can be manufactured to very large sizes. SP101 can be made into different shapes, such as: plate, slice, block, bar, cylinder, ring, etc., they can also be customized according to the user’s requirements, and we can provide different reflective materials and encapsulation.

OST Photonics can also provide plastic scintillator detectors, such as bonding (coupling) the plastic scintillator with the light guide, photomultiplier tube, silicon photodiode, etc., and we can install the metal or non-metal shell upon requests. In addition, electronics are also available upon your request.

Application

Portal radioactivity detection system

‌Isotope gauge

Portable radioactive instrument

Regional radiation monitoring system

High energy physics

Features

Low cost

High light output

Fast rise time and decay time

High resistance to radiation

No hygroscopy

Easily fabricated and machined

Can be manufactured to very large sizes

Properties of SP101 Plastic Scintillators

Material

polystyrene

Density (g/cm3)

1.023

Refractive index

1.58

Light output relative to anthracene+

64%

Peak Emission (nm)

423

Scintillation decay time (ns)

2.4

Rise time (ns)

0.9

Light attenuation length (cm)

210

Softening temperature (℃)

75

Operting temperature (℃)

-40~55

Energy detection range

50KeV~3MeV