Abstract: To provide a phosphor having nearly spherical shapes, the phosphor has an elemental ratio represented by the formula below, and contains at least two kinds of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, P, Cl, F, Br, I, Zn, Ga, Ge, In, Sn, Ag, Au, Pb, Cd, Bi and Ti. M1aM2bM3cOd (M1 represents Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm or Yb, M2 mainly represents a bivalent metal element, M3 mainly represents a trivalent metal element, and a, b, c and d are 0.0001?a?0.2, 0.8?b?1.2, 1.6?c?2.4 and 3.2?d?4.8, respectively.

Abstract: To provide an alkaline-earth metal halogen phosphor that has high luminescent characteristics even when used with an excitation light source that emits light of the near-ultraviolet region, a phosphor-containing composition and a light emitting device using the phosphor, and a display and an illuminating device using the light emitting device, the phosphor of the present invention has a chemical composition represented by the formula (1) below and an external quantum efficiency, when excited with light of 400-nm wavelength, of 77% or higher. (Sr10-x-y-zMxEuyMnz)(PO4)6(Cl1-aQa)2??(1) (In the above formula (1), “M” represents at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Ba, Ca, Mg, and Zn, “Q” represents at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of F, Br, and I, and each of “x”, “y”, “z”, and “a” represents a number satisfying the following requirements: 0?x<10, 0.3?y?1.5, 0?z?3, 0?a?1, and x+y+z?10.

Abstract: To provide a phosphor that stably shows high emission intensity and brightness as well as superior temperature characteristics, under excitation by near-ultraviolet light, the phosphor contains an alkaline-earth metal aluminate and has a crystal phase comprising an alkali metal element and, in that crystal phase, the rate of substituted Eu (europium) to the number of sites which can be substituted with Eu of the crystal phase is 25% or higher and the ratio of the alkali metal element to the number of sites which can be substituted with Eu of the crystal phase is 3% or lower.

Abstract: To provide a phosphor having nearly spherical shapes, the phosphor has an elemental ratio represented by the formula below, and contains at least two kinds of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, P, Cl, F, Br, I, Zn, Ga, Ge, In, Sn, Ag, Au, Pb, Cd, Bi and Ti. M1aM2bM3cOd (M1 represents Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm or Yb, M2 mainly represents a bivalent metal element, M3 mainly represents a trivalent metal element, and a, b, c and d are 0.0001?a?0.2, 0.8?b?1.2, 1.6?c?2.4 and 3.2?d?4.8, respectively.