A scintillator is a material that exhibits scintillation — the property of luminescence, when excited by ionizing radiation. Luminescent materials, when struck by an incoming particle, absorb its energy and scintillate, (i.e. re-emit the absorbed energy in the form of light).[a] Sometimes, the excited state is metastable, so the relaxation back down from the excited state to lower states is delayed (necessitating anywhere from a few nanoseconds to hours depending on the material): the process then corresponds to either one of two phenomena, depending on the type of transition and hence the wavelength of the emitted optical photon: delayed fluorescence or phosphorescence, also called after-glow.
Product Name
CAS No.
Anthracene, for scintillation, 99.5%
0120-12-7
BBOT, 99%
7128-64-5
Butyl-PBD
15082-28-7
Dimethyl-POPOP, 99%+
3073-87-8
Bis-MSB, for scintillation, 99%
13280-61-0
Naphthalene, scintillation grade, 99%+
91-20-3
POPOP, scintillation grade, 99%+
1806-34-4
2,5-Diphenyloxazole, scintillation grade, 99%+
92-71-7
1,1,4,4-Tetraphenyl-1,3-butadiene, suitable for scintillation, ≥99%