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Title: Nano structural anodes for radiation detectors

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1190913

Anodes for proportional radiation counters and a process of making the anodes is provided. The nano-sized anodes when present within an anode array provide: significantly higher detection efficiencies due to the inherently higher electric field, are amenable to miniaturization, have low power requirements, and exhibit a small electromagnetic field signal. The nano-sized anodes with the incorporation of neutron absorbing elements (e.g., .sup.10B) allow the use of neutron detectors that do not use .sup.3He.

Research Organization:
Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC09-08SR22470
Assignee:
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, SC)
Patent Number(s):
9,075,148
Application Number:
13/427,254
OSTI ID:
1190913
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2012 Mar 22
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (3)

Method and Apparatus for Determining Radiation patent-application April 2011
Development of a new radiation detector utilizing CNTs as anodes journal November 2005
Toward a carbon nanotube anode gas-filled radiation detector
  • DeVol, Timothy A.; Pruitt, Landon; Gallaird, Jay
  • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 652, Issue 1, p. 310-314 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2010.08.032
journal October 2011

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