This page is in development and limited to organic scintillators. The table is currently limited to commercially available materials. Materials in development will be added in the future.
The primary goal of this library is to compile data on organic scintillator response to recoil protons or heavier ions to allow for the modeling of detector response to neutrons and charged particles. The “Quenching Data” column includes links to peer-reviewed articles with measured proton (or heavier ion) light yield data. In some cases, a link to a separate page is provided containing the quenching data along with information about the measurement techniques to facilitate comparison and identify potential biases. The rest of the data in the table are taken from the manufacturers’ websites (Eljen Technology and Luxium Solutions).
If you have or know of an article containing organic scintillator information that has not been included below, please send us a copy of the article (the preferred format is PDF). You are also invited to provide information for the different property columns.
You can download the complete Organic Scintillator Library in csv format below.
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| Material | Type | Quenching Data | Light Output % Anthracene | Wavelength of Max Emission (nm) | Decay Constant (ns) | Attenuation Length (cm) | Refractive Index | Density (g/cc) | Softening/ Flash Point (°C) | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthracene | Crystal | Electrons Smith1968NIM64 Protons Smith1968NIM64 Craun1970NIM80 | 100 | 447 | 30 | 1.62 | 1.25 | 217 | ||
| Stilbene | Crystal | Electrons Smith1968NIM64 Protons Smith1968NIM64 Craun1970NIM80 Shimizu2003NIMA496 Bourne2017NIMA842 Shin2019NIMA939 Weldon2020NIMA977 Steinberger2021NIMA1003 | 50 | 410 | 4.5 | 1.626 | 1.16 | 125 | ||
| Deuterated Stilbene- d12 | Crystal | Deuterons Becchetti2018NIMA908 Gaughan2021NIMA1018 | 90 | 380 | >4 | 1.84 | 1.24 | 124 | ||
| NE-102A EJ-212 BC-400 | Plastic | Electrons Smith1968NIM64 Tran2018IEEETNS65 Protons Gooding1960NIM7 Czirr1964NIM31 Smith1968NIM64 Craun1970NIM80 Madey1972NIM104 Madey1978NIM151 Cecil1979NIM161 Martin1981NIM185 Naqvi1994NIMA345 Deuterons Gooding1960NIM7 Tritons Gooding1960NIM7 Alphas Gooding1960NIM7 Cecil1979NIM161 Heavy ions Becchetti1976NIM138 | 65 | 423 | 2.4 | 250 | 1.581 | 1.023 | 70 | General purpose,Good general properties, thin films |
| NE-104 EJ-204 BC-404 | Plastic | Protons Saraf1988NIMA268 Laplace2020NIMA954 Laplace2021PRC104 Carbon Laplace2021PRC104 Ions Saraf1990NIMA288 More Info | 68 | 408 | 1.8 | 160 | 1.58 | 1.023 | 70 | Fast counting, Good general properties, High attenuation length |
| Pilot F EJ-200 BC-408 | Plastic | Electrons Nassalski2008IEEETNS55 Payne2011IEEETNS58 Swiderski2012JINST7 Tran2018IEEETNS65 Protons Langford2016JINST11 Tkaczyk2018NIMA882 Laplace2020NIMA954 More Info | 64 | 425 | 2.1 | 380 | 1.58 | 1.023 | 70 | TOF counters, large area, Best overall general properties |
| NE-110 EJ-208 BC-412 | Plastic | Protons Renner1978NIMA154 Dias1984NIMA224 Laplace2020NIMA954 Carbon Dickens1989NIMA281 More Info | 60 | 435 | 3.3 | 400 | 1.58 | 1.023 | 70 | General purpose, large area, long strips |
| BC-416 | Plastic | 38 | 434 | 4 | 210 | 1.58 | 1.023 | 70 | Alphas, betas, charged particles, cosmic rays, muons, protons. Large area economy | |
| Pilot U2 EJ-230 BC-420 | Plastic | Protons Manfredi2020IEEETNS67 | 64 | 391 | 1.5 | 120 | 1.58 | 1.032 | 70 | Ultrafast timing, sheet areas, Variant of EJ-228, Used for detector dimensions exceeding 10 cm |
| NE-111A EJ-232 BC-422 | Plastic | Protons Manfredi2020IEEETNS67 | 55 | 370 | 1.6 | 8 | 1.58 | 1.023 | 70 | Very fast timing, small sizes, Very fast timing, Use with blue WLS, Small sizes(<10 cm) |
| EJ-232Q (0.5%) BC-422Q | Plastic | Protons Manfredi2020IEEETNS67 | 11 | 370 | 0.7 | <8 | 1.58 | 1.032 | 70 | Ultrafast timing, ultrafast counting |
| NE-108 BC-430 | Plastic | 45 | 580 | 16.8 | 1.58 | 1.032 | 70 | Silicon photodiodes and red- enhanced PMTs | ||
| BC-436 | Plastic | 52 | 425 | 2.2 | 1.61 | 1.13 | 90 | Thin disks | ||
| BC-440M | Plastic | 60 | 434 | 3.3 | 380 | 1.58 | 1.03 | 99 | ||
| BC-480 | Plastic | 425 | 2.1 | 400 | 1.58 | 70 | ||||
| BC-498 | Plastic | 65 | 423 | 2.4 | 1.58 | 1.032 | 70 | β, γ detection | ||
| EJ-214 | Plastic | 435 | 2 | 1.58 | 1.02 | 60 | Ultra thin films (0.25 micrometers) | |||
| Pilot U EJ-228 BC-418 | Plastic | Protons Stevanato2011ApplRadIso69 | 67 | 391 | 1.4 | 1.58 | 1.023 | 75 | Very fast timing, High pulse pair resolution, Small sizes (<10 cm) | |
| NE-115 EJ-240 BC-444 | Plastic | 41 | 430 | 285 | 240 | 1.58 | 1.023 | 75 | Long decay time, Phoswich detectors | |
| EJ-244 BC-440 | Plastic | 56 | 434 | 3.3 | 270 | 1.58 | 1.023 | 99 | Elevated temperatures, Analog to EJ-208, General purpose | |
| EJ-244M | Plastic | 56 | 434 | 3.3 | 270 | 1.58 | 1.023 | 99 | Variant of EJ-244 Crosslinked | |
| EJ-248 BC-448 | Plastic | 60 | 425 | 2.1 | 250 | 1.58 | 1.023 | 99 | ||
| EJ-248M | Plastic | 60 | 425 | 2.1 | 250 | 1.58 | 1.023 | 99 | Variant of EJ-248, Crosslinked | |
| EJ-254 (5%) BC-454 | Loaded Plastic | Protons Gabella2021IEEETNS68 Boron capture Sun2019NIMA940 Gabella2021IEEETNS68 | 48 | 425 | 1.5 | 1.58 | 1.026 | 75 | Boron loaded (1% – 5%), Neutrons | |
| NE-142 EJ-256 (5%) BC-452 | Loaded Plastic | 34 | 425 | 2.1 | 1.58 | 1.081 | 75 | Lead loaded(1%-5%), X-rays, Dosimetry | ||
| NE-103 EJ-260 BC-428 | Plastic | 60 | 490 | 9.2 | 350 | 1.58 | 1.023 | 75 | Green- emitting, Solid-state sensors | |
| EJ-262 | Plastic | 57 | 481 | 2.1 | 250 | 1.58 | 1.023 | 75 | Green- emitting, Solid-state sensors | |
| EJ-276 | Plastic | Protons Laplace2020JINST15 Ngo2023NIMA1051 | 56 | 425 | 13 | 1.59 | 1.096 | 70 | PSD plastic, Fast neutron and gamma discrimination | |
| EJ-276G | Plastic | 52 | 490 | 13 | 1.59 | 1.096 | 70 | PSD plastic, Fast neutron and gamma discrimination, Green- emittimg | ||
| EJ-299 | Plastic | Protons Lawrence2014NIMA759 Nyibule2014NIMA768 Woolf2015NIMA784 Roy2021JINST16 Deuterons Nyibule2014NIMA768 Tritons Nyibule2014NIMA768 Alphas Nyibule2014NIMA768 Heavier ions Nyibule2014NIMA768 | 56 | 420 | 1.08 | |||||
| NE-120 EJ-290 BC-490 | Resin | Protons Nattress2016IEEETNS63 | 58 | 423 | 3 | 1.58 | 1.023 | 75 | Scintillator casting resin, General purpose | |
| EJ-296 | Plastic | 60 | 435 | 2.5 | 1.58 | 1.02 | 75 | Scintillator paint, Used to make thin films | ||
| NE-213 EJ-301 BC-501A | Liquid | Electrons Smith1968NIM64 Swiderski2012JINST7 Protons Smith1968NIM64 Verbinski1968NIM65 Craun1970NIM80 Cecil1979NIM161 Dekempeneer1987NIMA256 Aksoy1994NIMA337 Mouatassim1995NIMA359 Nakao1995NIMA362 Meigo1997NIMA401 Hawkes2002NIMA476 Kornilov2009NIMA599 Carasco2012AppRadIso70 Bildstein2013NIMA729 Woolf2015NIMA784 Iwanowska2015NIMA781 Scherzinger2016NIMA840 Rout2018JINST13 Awe2018PRC98 Brown2018JourApplPhys124 Roy2021JINST16 Deuterons Mouatassim1995NIMA359 Nakao1995NIMA362 Tritons Mouatassim1995NIMA359 Alphas Verbinski1968NIM65 Cecil1979NIM161 Mouatassim1995NIMA359 Carbons Verbinski1968NIM65 | 78 | 425 | 3.2 | 1.51 | 0.874 | 26 | γ > 100 keV, fast n spectroscopy, PSD liquid, Fast neutron and gamma discrimination, pulse shape discrimination | |
| NE-224 EJ-305 BC-505 | Liquid | Protons Madey1978NIM151 Cecil1979NIM161 Alphas Cecil1979NIM161 | 80 | 425 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.877 | 47 | γ, fast n, large volume, High light output | |
| NE-226 EJ-313 BC-509 | Liquid | 20 | 425 | 3.1 | 1.38 | 1.61 | 10 | γ, fast n, Hydrogen-free, neutron studies | ||
| NE-235H EJ-321H BC-517H | Liquid | 52 | 425 | 2 | 1.48 | 0.86 | 81 | γ, fast n, cosmic, charged particles, mineral oil based | ||
| BC-517P | Liquid | 38 | 425 | 2.2 | 1.47 | 0.85 | 115 | γ, fast n, cosmic, charged particles, mineral oil based | ||
| BC-517L | Liquid | 39 | 425 | 2 | 1.471 | 0.86 | 102 | γ, fast n, cosmic, charged particles, mineral oil based | ||
| BC-517S | Liquid | 66 | 425 | 2 | 1.49 | 0.87 | 53 | γ, fast n, cosmic, charged particles, mineral oil based | ||
| NE-235C EJ-235 BC-519 | Liquid | 60 | 425 | 4 | 0.875 | 74 | γ, fast n, n-γ discrimination | |||
| BC-523 | Liquid | 65 | 425 | 3.7 | ||||||
| NE-321A EJ-339A BC-523A | Loaded Liquid | Boron capture Swiderski2010IEEETNS57 Pino2014AppRadIso92 | 65 | 425 | 3.7 | 0.93 | 1 | Total absorption neutron spectrometry, Enriched ¹⁰B | ||
| EJ-335 BC-525 | Loaded Liquid | 56 | 425 | 3.8 | 0.88 | 64 | Neutron spectrometry, neutrino research, Gd (to 1%) | |||
| BC-533 | Liquid | 51 | 425 | 3 | 0.8 | 65 | γ, fast n, cosmic, Low temp operation | |||
| NE-314A BC-551 | Liquid | 40 | 425 | 2.2 | 44 | γ, X-rays < 200 keV, Pb (5% w/w) | ||||
| BC-553 | Liquid | 34 | 425 | 3.8 | 42 | y, X-rays, Sn (10% w/w) | ||||
| EJ-309 | Liquid | Protons Takada2010NuclSciTech47 Enqvist2013NIMA715 Lawrence2013NIMA727 Pino2014AppRadIso89 Tomanin2014NIMA756 Woolf2015NIMA784 Bai2017NIMA863 Norsworthy2017NIMA842 Bai2018NIMA886 Brown2018JourApplPhys124 Fregeau2019NIMA941 Laplace2020JINST15 Laplace2021PRC104 Deuterons Takada2010NuclSciTech47 Alphas Takada2010NuclSciTech47 Carbons Norsworthy2018NIMA884 Laplace2021PRC104 More Info | 80 | 424 | 3.5 | 1.57 | 0.959 | 144 | PSD liquid, Fast neutron and gamma discrimination, High flash poin, Low chemical toxicity, compativle with acrylic plastics | |
| EJ-309B (5%) | Liquid | Protons Iwanowska2015NIMA781 Boron capture Swiderski2010IEEETNS57 | 57 | 424 | 3.5 | 1.57 | -0.963 | 144 | Variant of EJ-309 with natural boron loading (1%-5%) | |
| NE-230 EJ-315 BC-537 | Liquid | Electrons Smith1968NIM64 Deuterons Smith1968NIM64 Craun1970NIM80 Croft1992NIMA316 Lawrence2013NIMA727 Bildstein2013NIMA729 Wang2016RadMeas89 | 60 | 425 | 3.5 | 1.498 | 0.954 | -11 | Deuterated benzene, neutron studies | |
| NE-235L EJ-321L BC-517L | Liquid | 39 | 4425 | 2 | 1.47 | 0.86 | 102 | Mineral oil based, large tanks, fast neutron and gamma, cosmics | ||
| EJ-321P | Liquid | 28 | 425 | 2.2 | 1.47 | 0.85 | 115 | Mineral oil based, high flash point, safe to use with gray PVC plastic | ||
| EJ-321S | Liquid | 66 | 425 | 2 | 1.49 | 0.87 | 74 | Mineral oil based, Highest light output of the EJ-321 series | ||
| EJ-325A | Liquid | 62 | 425 | 3.5 | 1.55 | 0.954 | 146 | Mineral oil based, PSD, Fast neutron and gamma discrimination | ||
| NE-323 EJ-331 (0.5%) BC-521 | Loaded Liquid | 68 | 424 | 1.5 | 0 | 44 | GD loaded (0.1%- 1.5%), High light output, Fast neutrons, Neutrinos | |||
| NE-220 EJ-351 BC-220 | Dioxane Based | 65 | 425 | 3.8 | 1.442 | 1.036 | 12 | Diozane based cocktail for aqueous samples | ||
| NE-105 EJ-252 BC-470 | Plastic | Electrons Tran2018IEEETNS65 | 46 | 423 | 2.4 | 1.58 | 1.037 | 75 | Dosimetry, Water- equivalent | |
| EJ-280 BC-482A | Plastic | 490 | 9.2 | 350 | 1.58 | 1.02 | 75 | Green Wave Length Shifter | ||
| EJ-284 | Plastic | 608 | 14 | 1.58 | 1.02 | 75 | Red Wave Length Shifter | |||
| EJ-286 | Plastic | 425 | 1.2 | 1.58 | 1.023 | 75 | Blue-emitting WLS plastic. Formulated to reduce the scintillation response by a factor exceeding 100x. | |||
| EJ-282 | Plastic | 481 | 1.9 | 1.58 | 1.023 | 75 | Green-emitting WLS plastic suitable for use with blue-sensitive photomultiplier tubes. | |||
| NE-905 | Glass | 25 | 395 | 20 | 1.55 | 2.5 | Neutron |
