PRESENT STATUS OF SCINTILLATION COUNTER DEVELOPMENT IN FRANCE

Journal Article · Mon Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1958 · IRE Trans. Nuclear Sci.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS2.1958.4315660· OSTI ID:4285227

Labeyrie, J

Some properties of different types of photomultipliers in commercial use in France, such as background linearity at high currents, transit time fluctuations, and stability for beta counting, are discussed. In addition, some properties of different types of scintillators in commercial use or under development are presented. These include amplitude, light spectrum, and decay time temperature for various mineral or organic (solid and liquid) scintillators, and of several gaseous mixtures. The latter part of this paper describes briefly two new French applications of scintillation techniques: gamma spectrometer for aerial prospecting and the use of scintillation counters for measuring thermal neutron fluxes in reactors. (auth)

• Research Organization: C.E.N., Saclay, France
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• NSA Number: NSA-13-003778
• OSTI ID: 4285227
• Journal Information: IRE Trans. Nuclear Sci., Journal Name: IRE Trans. Nuclear Sci. Vol. Vol: NS-5
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

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AIRCRAFT
BACKGROUND
BETA DETECTION
CURRENTS
DECAY
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY RANGE
GAMMA SPECTROMETERS
GASES
INSTRUMENTS
LIGHT
LIQUIDS
MEASURED VALUES
MINERALS
MIXING
MOTION
NEUTRON FLUX
OPERATION
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PHOSPHORUS
PHOTOMULTIPLIERS
PLANNING
PROSPECTING
REACTORS
RESOLUTION
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SOLIDS
SPECTRA
STABILITY
TEMPERATURE
THERMAL NEUTRONS
USES
VARIATIONS