Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a cellulose acylate film, and an optical compensation sheet, a polarizing plate, and an image display device employing the cellulose acylate film. The process for producing a cellulose acylate film of the present invention is characterized by including a step of preparing a cellulose acylate solution containing 0.01 to 20 parts by weight of an aromatic compound having at least two aromatic rings relative to 100 parts by weight of a cellulose acylate, a step of casting, and a step of blowing a gas on the cast cellulose acylate solution at an effective wind speed of at least 10 m/min during a first half of drying prior to peel-off.

Abstract: A phosphorescent phosphor comprising a matrix expressed by M.sub.1-x Al.sub.2 O.sub.4-x (except X=0) in which M is at least one metal element selected from a group consisting of calcium, strontium and barium. X is in a range -0.33.ltoreq..times..ltoreq.0.60 (except x=0). Europium is doped to said matrix as an activator and at least one element selected from a group consisting of lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium and lutetium is doped to said matrix as a co-activator. Magnesium is doped to M.

Abstract: A phosphorescent phosphor according to the present invention includes a matrix expressed by MAl.sub.2 O.sub.4 in which M is at least one metal element selected from a group consisting of calcium, strontium and barium. Alternatively, a phosphorescent phosphor according to the present invention includes a matrix expressed by MAl.sub.2 O.sub.4 in which M is plural metal elements which are composed of magnesium and at least one metal element selected from a group consisting of calcium, strontium and barium and europium is added as an activator, further, co-activator is added.