Abstract: Disclosed is a phosphor emitting a green to bluish white fluorescence, which is represented by the following general formula:M.sub.3-x Tb.sub.x BO.sub.6wherein M stands for at least one element selected from the group consisting of La, Gd and Y, and x is a number of 0<x.ltoreq.2.0.This phosphor has a high brightness, and in a fluorescent lamp prepared by using this phosphor, degradation of the brightness is very small.

Abstract: A phosphor represented by the formula:a (Sr.sub.1-x-y-z M.sub.x.sup.II M.sub.y.sup.III Eu.sub.z.sup.2+).sub.3 (PO.sub.4).sub.2 .multidot.b M'X.sub.2 (I)wherein M.sup.II is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Zn, Mg, Ca and Ba; M.sup.III is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Y, Gd and La; M' is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr and Ba; X is one or more halogens; x, y and z should satisfy the following conditions, i.e. 0.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.0.999, 0.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.0.999, 0.0015.ltoreq.z.ltoreq.0.20 and x+y+z.ltoreq.1; and the ratio a/b is in the range of 0.3.ltoreq.a/b.ltoreq.3.0, provided that when y=0, the ratio a/b should be in the range of 0.3.ltoreq.a/b<3.0, and when x=0, the ratio a/b should be in the range of 0.3.ltoreq.a/b.ltoreq.1.2, is stable against the baking in the air and has high emission efficiency and excitation purity and can be used effectively as a blue phosphor of light sources for illumination.

Abstract: A light emitting device wherein a blue screen or a red screen is excited by 5 to 25eV photons or electrons, the blue screen containing a self-activated phosphor which is represented by the general formula MP.sub.b V.sub.1-b O.sub.4 where M stands for at least one member selected from the group consisting of yttrium (Y), scandium (Sc), rare-earth elements having atomic numbers of 57-62 and 64-71, and group-IIIb elements of the periodic table, and where O<b<1.0, the red screen containing a trivalent europium (Eu.sup.3+) activated phosphor which is represented by the general formula M.sub.1-a Eu.sub.a P.sub.b V.sub.1-b O.sub.4 where M stands for at least one member selected from the group consisting of yttrium (Y), scandium (Sc), rare-earth elements having atomic numbers of 57-62 and 64-71, and group-IIIb elements of the periodic table, and where O<a<1.0 and 0<b.ltoreq.1.0.

Abstract: Infrared-infrared phosphors having a composition represented by the general formulaAB.sub.1-x-y Nd.sub.x Yb.sub.y P.sub.4 O.sub.12wherein A is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Na, K, Rb and Cs, B is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Sc, Y, La, Ce, Gd, Lu, Ga, In, Bi and Sb, and x and y are numbers satisfying the conditions0.05.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.1.00.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.0.95x+y.ltoreq.1.0can be produced in the form of very fine particles and in a high yield by carrying out firing in the presence of a melt comprising a compound of the formulaAPO.sub.3wherein A is as defined above, and in such a specific composition and such a specific temperature range as said phosphor may be crystallized out.

Abstract: A light emitting device wherein a blue screen or a red screen is excited by 5 to 25eV photons or electrons, the blue screen containing a self-activated phosphor which is represented by the general formula MP.sub.b V.sub.1-b O.sub.4 where M stands for at least one member selected from the group consisting of yttrium (Y), scandium (Sc), rare-earth elements having atomic numbers of 57 - 62 and 64 - 71, and group-IIIb elements of the periodic table, and where 0 <b<1.0, the red screen containing a trivalent europium (Eu.sup.3+) activated phosphor which is represented by the general formula M.sub.1-a Eu.sub.a P.sub.b V.sub.1-b O.sub.4 where M stands for at least one member selected from the group consisting of yttrium (Y), scandium (Sc), rare-earth elements having atomic numbers of 57 - 62 and 64 - 71, and group-IIIb elements of the periodic table, and where 0<a <1.0 and 0<b.ltoreq.1.0.

Abstract: A phosphor system consisting of an alkaline-earth metal silicate host lattice activated by trivalent terbium together with monovalent alkaline metal as a charge compensator, said phosphor system corresponding to the formula, X.sub.3-x Y.sub.1-x Si.sub.2 O.sub.8 : Tb.sub.x, Z.sub.x wherein X is at least one of Ba, Sr, and Ca; Y is at least one of Mg and Zn; and Z acting as a charge compensator is at least one of Li, K, and Na, and x is from 0.001 to 0.95, said phosphor system substituting Ca plus Mg for X plus Y of the formula being excluded. The present invention provides an efficient green-emitting phosphor particularly useful for a deluxe fluorescent lamp.