Neutron detection apparatus and method

Derzon, Mark S.; Borek, Theodore T.

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Title: Neutron detection apparatus and method

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An apparatus for neutron detection is provided. The apparatus comprises a sensor medium in electrical contact with an electrode arrangement conformed to collect radiation-generated charge from the sensor medium. The sensor medium comprises a borazine and/or a borazine-based polymer.

Inventors:: Derzon, Mark S.; Borek, III, Theodore T.

Issue Date:: Tue Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2017

Research Org.:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1375216

Patent Number(s):: 9733367

Application Number:: 14/193,688

Assignee:: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION

G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL

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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
G01T3/008 - {using an ionisation chamber filled with a gas, liquid or solid, e.g. frozen liquid, dielectric
G01T3/06 - with scintillation detectors
G01T3/08 - with semiconductor detectors

G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
G06T15/00 - 3D [Three Dimensional] image rendering

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DOE Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2014 Feb 28

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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Method of Operation for a Thermionic Converter patent, December 1966

Radiation-detection/scintillator composite and method of manufacture patent, January 1989

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Liquid xenon detectors for particle physics and astrophysics journal, July 2010

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Gamma resistant dual range neutron detector
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Neutron Detectors Based on Organic and Inorganic Polymers, Small Molecules and Particles, and Their Method of Fabrication
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Neutron-Detecting Apparatuses and Methods of Fabrication
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Liquid xenon detectors for particle physics and astrophysics
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Improving Spectroscopic Performance of a Coplanar-Anode High-Pressure Xenon Gamma-Ray Spectrometer
journal, August 2007

Designs for thin-film-coated semiconductor thermal neutron detectors
conference, January 2002

Micro-structured high-efficiency semiconductor neutron detectors
conference, October 2008

Fabrication and mechanical testing of glass chips for high-pressure synthetic or analytical chemistry
journal, September 2005

A Prototype Three-Dimensional Position Sensitive CdZnTe Detector Array
journal, August 2007

Performance of 3-D position sensitive CdZnTe detectors for gamma-ray energies above 1 MeV
conference, October 2009

Three-Dimensional Position Sensitive CdZnTe Detector Array for PNNL
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Characteristics of depth-sensing coplanar grid CdZnTe detectors
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