Alpha-beta radiation detector
Abstract
The invention is based in part on the discovery that a plastic housing that is lightweight is surprisingly efficient inasmuch as background signals from any gamma radiation are significantly reduced by using a plastic housing instead of a metal housing. A further aspect of the present invention is the profile of the housing as a bi-linear approximation to a parabola resulting in full optical response from any location on the scintillation material to the photomultiplier tube. A yet further aspect of the present invention is that the survey probe is resistant to magnetic fields. A yet further aspect of the present invention is the use of a snap-fit retaining bracket that overcomes the need for multiple screws. 16 figs.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 672717
- Patent Number(s):
- 5796108
- Application Number:
- PAN: 8-724,534; TRN: 99:001117
- Assignee:
- Battelle Memorial Inst., Richland, WA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 18 Aug 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 44 INSTRUMENTATION, INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS; ALPHA DETECTION; BETA DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; DESIGN; MATERIALS; CONTAINERS
Citation Formats
Fleming, D M, Simmons, K L, Froelich, T J, and Carter, G L. Alpha-beta radiation detector. United States: N. p., 1998.
Web.
Fleming, D M, Simmons, K L, Froelich, T J, & Carter, G L. Alpha-beta radiation detector. United States.
Fleming, D M, Simmons, K L, Froelich, T J, and Carter, G L. Tue .
"Alpha-beta radiation detector". United States.
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abstractNote = {The invention is based in part on the discovery that a plastic housing that is lightweight is surprisingly efficient inasmuch as background signals from any gamma radiation are significantly reduced by using a plastic housing instead of a metal housing. A further aspect of the present invention is the profile of the housing as a bi-linear approximation to a parabola resulting in full optical response from any location on the scintillation material to the photomultiplier tube. A yet further aspect of the present invention is that the survey probe is resistant to magnetic fields. A yet further aspect of the present invention is the use of a snap-fit retaining bracket that overcomes the need for multiple screws. 16 figs.},
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