INORGANIC GLASS SCINTILLATORS: COMPOSITIONS AND PROPERTIES

Arina V. Belyaeva – postgraduate student, N. M. Kizhner Scientific and Educational Center, School of Engineering of New Manufacturing Technologies, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russia
Olga V. Kazmina – Professor, N. M. Kizhner Scientific and Educational Center, Engineering School of New Production Technologies, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russia

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