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Method for producing collimators and other components from neutron absorbing materials using additive manufacturing

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1924949
Collimators and other components for use in neutron scattering experiments or to provide neutron shielding in nuclear reactors or accelerator based neutron sources are produced by additive manufacturing from neutron absorbing material, such as boron carbide (B4C) or isotopically enriched boron carbide (10B).
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Number(s):
11,404,180
Application Number:
16/155,134
OSTI ID:
1924949
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (4)

A New Precision X-ray Spectrometer journal August 1924
Boron carbide composite apertures for small-angle neutron scattering made by three-dimensional printing journal February 2016
Characterization of plastic and boron carbide additive manufactured neutron collimators journal December 2017
Neutron Scattering with a Triple-Axis Spectrometer book January 2009

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