Talk:Caesium iodide

high temperature gradient

Could somebody explain "The drawbacks of CsI are a high temperature gradient". It could only have a temperature gradient if there was some heat source on one side. Should it mean that some property that is strongly depend on temperature? Please could it be made more clear, or deleted. --88.107.19.63 16:57, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Is this supposed to mean "A drawback to CsI is that it supports a high temperature gradient"? jay (talk) 16:51, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Or is it "scintillation efficiency of CsI has a high thermal gradient"? 172.103.222.67 (talk) 21:16, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Young's Modulus and Knoop's hardness

Okay CsI's Knoop's hardness is claimed to be 137.9 kPa (20 lbf/in^2) while its Young's Modulus is claimed to be Young's modulus: 5.3 GPa (769 lbf/in^2) If I plug these into google calculator, I find the first is correct and that Young's Modulus should be 5.3 MPa. However, given the other examples on Knoop's hardness scale (gold being about 700 MPa) and Young's modulus for rubber being 100 MPa, I don't think that this can possibly be correct.

Should it be that its Knoop's hardness is 137.9 MPa (20,000 lbf/in^2) and its Young's modulus be 5.3 GPa (769,000 lbf/in^2)?

jay (talk) 16:51, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Crystolon

Is this chemical also known as Crystolon and used in grinding/abrasives? Sitush (talk) 06:49, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Dug deeper - it's silicon carbide, tradename. Sitush (talk) 07:28, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Caesium iodide was used in a new form of neutrino detection

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ever-elusive-neutrinos-spotted-bouncing-off-nuclei-for-the-first-time/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.190.217.132 (talk) 14:59, 4 August 2017 (UTC)