US4690832A
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Process for providing hydrolysis resistant phosphors
Assignee: Osram Sylvania Inc
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Filing: 1986-12-09
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Granted: 1987-09-01
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Expires: 2006-12-09
Abstract
Abstract A process is disclosed for making a rare earth oxysulfide phosphor resistant to hydrolysis. The process involves adding to a water slurry of the phosphor a sufficient amount of a source of silicon dioxide and a water soluble salt which can be an alkaline earth metal salt or a transition group IIB metal salt with agitation for a sufficient time to form a silicate coating on the phosphor with the cation of the water soluble salt becoming the cation of the silicate coating, the amount of the coating being sufficient to impart hydrolysis resistance thereto. The resulting silicate coated phosphor is then separated from the resulting liquor and heated at a sufficient temperature for a sufficient time in ambient atmosphere to remove essentially all of the water therefrom and to produce the final hydrolysis resistant phosphor. A hydrolysis resistant rare earth oxysulfide phosphor is disclosed consisting essentially of a host which can be gadolinium oxysulfide, yttrium oxysulfide, gadolinium-yttrium oxysulfide, and lanthanum oxysulfide, from about 0.001 to about 0.10 moles of terbium per mole of host as an activator, and a sufficient amount of a silicate coating on the phosphor to impart hydrolysis resistance thereto.
Inventors
- 👤 Ramon L. Yale
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 14:30
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09K; C09K11/00; C09K11/02; C09K11/025; C09K11/08; C09K11/77; C09K11/7766; C09K11/7767; C09K11/7769; C09K11/7771; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2982; Y10T428/2991; Y10T428/2993
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
205 words
A process for making a rare earth oxysulfide phosphor resistant to hydrolysis, said process comprising: (a) forming a slurry of said phosphor in water; (b) adding to said slurry a sufficient amount of a source of silicon dioxide and a water soluble salt selected from the group consisting of alkaline earth metal salts, and transition group IIB metal salts, with agitation for a sufficient time to form a silicate coating on said phosphor, the cation of said water soluble salt becoming the cation of said silicate coating, the amount of said silicate coating being sufficient to impart hydrolysis resistance to said phosphor; (c) separating the resulting silicate coated phosphor powder from the resulting liquor; (d) heating said silicate coated phosphor powder at from about 100° C. to about 150° C. for a sufficient time in ambient atmosphere to remove essentially all of the water therefrom; and (e) heating the resulting dried silicate coated phosphor powder at from about 400° C. to about 800° C. for a sufficient time in ambient atmosphere to produce the final hydrolysis resistant phosphor, said heating of the dried silicate coated phosphor powder effecting a phosphor exhibiting a greater hydrolysis resistance than said dried silicate coated phosphor powder absent this heating.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
205 words
A process for making a rare earth oxysulfide phosphor resistant to hydrolysis, said process comprising: (a) forming a slurry of said phosphor in water; (b) adding to said slurry a sufficient amount of a source of silicon dioxide and a water soluble salt selected from the group consisting of alkaline earth metal salts, and transition group IIB metal salts, with agitation for a sufficient time to form a silicate coating on said phosphor, the cation of said water soluble salt becoming the cation of said silicate coating, the amount of said silicate coating being sufficient to impart hydrolysis resistance to said phosphor; (c) separating the resulting silicate coated phosphor powder from the resulting liquor; (d) heating said silicate coated phosphor powder at from about 100° C. to about 150° C. for a sufficient time in ambient atmosphere to remove essentially all of the water therefrom; and (e) heating the resulting dried silicate coated phosphor powder at from about 400° C. to about 800° C. for a sufficient time in ambient atmosphere to produce the final hydrolysis resistant phosphor, said heating of the dried silicate coated phosphor powder effecting a phosphor exhibiting a greater hydrolysis resistance than said dried silicate coated phosphor powder absent this heating.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
47 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein said phosphor consists essentially of a host selected from the group consisting of gadolinium oxysulfide, yttrium oxysulfide, gadolinium-yttrium oxysulfide, and lanthanum oxysulfide, and from about 0.001 moles to about 0.10 moles of terbium per mole of host as an activator.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein said source of silicon dioxide is an aqueous solution of potassium silicate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the water soluble salt is selected from the group consisting of magnesium and zinc salts.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
A process according to claim 4 wherein said water soluble salt is selected from the group consisting of zinc sulfate, zinc chloride, anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and magnesium sulfate heptahydrate.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the silicate coating is selected from the group consisting of magnesium silicate and zinc silicate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein said silicate coated phosphor is heated for about 1.0 hours to about 3.0 hours to remove essentially all of the water therefrom.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the dried silicate coated phosphor is heated for about 0.5 hours to about 3.0 hours to produce the final hydrolysis resistant phosphor.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the silicate coating makes up from about 0.05% to about 1.0% by weight of the phosphor on a SiO 2 basis.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the hydrolysis resistant phosphor consists essentially of terbium activated gadolinium oxysulfide having a magnesium silicate coating.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the hydrolysis resistant phosphor consists essentially of terbium activated gadolinium oxysulfide having a zinc silicate coating.
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