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Title: Extruded plastic scintillation detectors

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OSTI ID:5814

As a way to lower the cost of plastic scintillation detectors, commercially available polystyrene pellets have been used in the production of scintillating materials that can be extruded into different profiles. The selection of the raw materials is discussed. Two techniques to add wavelength shifting dopants to polystyrene pellets and to extrude plastic scintillating strips are described. Data on light yield and transmittance measurements are presented.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI ID:
5814
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-Conf-99/095; ON: DE00005814
Resource Relation:
Conference: American Physical Society (APS) Meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields (DPF 99), Los Angeles, CA, January 5-9, 1999
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English