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Directional detector of gamma rays

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6953248
A directional detector of gamma rays comprises a strip of an electrical conductor of high atomic number backed with a strip of a second electrical conductor of low atomic number. These elements are enclosed within an electrical conductor that establishes an electrical ground, maintains a vacuum enclosure and screens out low-energy gamma rays. The detector exhibits a directional sensitivity marked by an increased output in the favored direction by a factor of ten over the output in the unfavored direction. 4 figs.
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
Patent Number(s):
A; US 4136282
Application Number:
PPN: US 5-855637
OSTI ID:
6953248
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English