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Title: Methods for the continuous production of plastic scintillator materials

Abstract

Methods are disclosed for producing plastic scintillating material employing either two major steps (tumble-mix) or a single major step (inline-coloring or inline-doping). Using the two step method, the polymer pellets are mixed with silicone oil, and the mixture is then tumble mixed with the dopants necessary to yield the proper response from the scintillator material. The mixture is then placed in a compounder and compounded in an inert gas atmosphere. The resultant scintillator material is then extruded and pelletized or formed. When only a single step is employed, the polymer pellets and dopants are metered into an inline-coloring extruding system. The mixture is then processed under a inert gas atmosphere, usually argon or nitrogen, to form plastic scintillator material in the form of either scintillator pellets, for subsequent processing, or as material in the direct formation of the final scintillator shape or form.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
20013799
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-76CH03000
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 19 Oct 1999
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 44 INSTRUMENTATION; PLASTIC SCINTILLATORS; PLASTIC SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; FABRICATION; CRYSTAL DOPING

Citation Formats

Bross, A, Pla-Dalmau, A, and Mellott, K. Methods for the continuous production of plastic scintillator materials. United States: N. p., 1999. Web.
Bross, A, Pla-Dalmau, A, & Mellott, K. Methods for the continuous production of plastic scintillator materials. United States.
Bross, A, Pla-Dalmau, A, and Mellott, K. 1999. "Methods for the continuous production of plastic scintillator materials". United States.
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abstractNote = {Methods are disclosed for producing plastic scintillating material employing either two major steps (tumble-mix) or a single major step (inline-coloring or inline-doping). Using the two step method, the polymer pellets are mixed with silicone oil, and the mixture is then tumble mixed with the dopants necessary to yield the proper response from the scintillator material. The mixture is then placed in a compounder and compounded in an inert gas atmosphere. The resultant scintillator material is then extruded and pelletized or formed. When only a single step is employed, the polymer pellets and dopants are metered into an inline-coloring extruding system. The mixture is then processed under a inert gas atmosphere, usually argon or nitrogen, to form plastic scintillator material in the form of either scintillator pellets, for subsequent processing, or as material in the direct formation of the final scintillator shape or form.},
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year = {Tue Oct 19 00:00:00 EDT 1999},
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