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- Title
Structural, optical, and mechanical properties of gamma beam-irradiated pure and CeCl3-doped potassium hydrogen phthalate (KHP) crystals for scintillating applications.
- Authors
Saravanan, C.; Haris, M.; Senthilkumar, M.; Mathivanan, V.
- Abstract
Potassium hydrogen phthalate (KHP) is a high-energy scintillating material having superior properties. The solution crystal growth technique at room temperature is employed for growing undoped and CeCl3-doped KHP crystals. The 60Co γ-ray-irradiated crystals were analyzed through powder X-ray diffraction analysis to evaluate the cell parameters of the pure and doped KHP crystals. The functional groups and vibration modes were identified by Fourier transform infrared spectral analysis. The optical transparency of the grown crystals was analyzed by UV–vis spectroscopy which shows less absorption in the CeCl3-doped KHP crystals when compared to pure KHP. The vibration properties were discussed with the use of Raman spectra of pure and doped crystals. The photoluminescence analysis reveals broad peaks from green to violet ranges for undoped and CeCl3-doped KHP crystals. The microhardness test was carried out at different applied loads varying in the range 25–100 g. It is revealed that the Vicker's hardness values (Hv) increase with increasing applied load. The Meyer's index number (n) is determined and it confirms that the gamma-irradiated pure, CeCl3-doped KHP crystals belong to the soft material category. The mechanical properties such as the elastic stiffness constant (C11), yield strength (σv), brittleness index (Bi), and the fracture toughness (Kc) are measured for both pure and 1–4 mol% CeCl3-doped KHP crystals.
- Subjects
POTASSIUM dihydrogen phosphate; SCINTILLATORS; CRYSTALS; X-ray powder diffraction; CRYSTAL growth; ELASTIC constants; BRITTLENESS; RAMAN effect
- Publication
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2020, Vol 31, Issue 23, p21368
- ISSN
0957-4522
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10854-020-04649-0