Neutron detector using lithiated glass-scintillating particle composite

Wallace, Steven; Stephan, Andrew C; Dai, Sheng; Im, Hee-Jung

Neutron detector using lithiated glass-scintillating particle composite

Patent · Tue Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 2009

OSTI ID:988842

Wallace, Steven ^[1]; Stephan, Andrew C ^[2]; Dai, Sheng ^[1]; Im, Hee-Jung ^[1]

Knoxville, TN
Knoxville, TX

A neutron detector composed of a matrix of scintillating particles imbedded in a lithiated glass is disclosed. The neutron detector detects the neutrons by absorbing the neutron in the lithium-6 isotope which has been enriched from the natural isotopic ratio to a commercial ninety five percent. The utility of the detector is optimized by suitably selecting scintillating particle sizes in the range of the alpha and the triton. Nominal particle sizes are in the range of five to twenty five microns depending upon the specific scintillating particle selected.

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Research Organization:: Neutron Sciences, Inc. (Knoxville, TN)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: FG02-01ER83224

Assignee:: Neutron Sciences, Inc. (Knoxville, TN)

Patent Number(s):: 7,582,880

Application Number:: 10/393,300

OSTI ID:: 988842

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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