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Title: Wireless radiation sensor

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1288653

Disclosed is a sensor for detecting radiation. The sensor includes a ferromagnetic metal and a radiation sensitive material coupled to the ferromagnetic metal. The radiation sensitive material is operable to change a tensile stress of the ferromagnetic metal upon exposure to radiation. The radiation is detected based on changes in the magnetic switching characteristics of the ferromagnetic metal caused by the changes in the tensile stress.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant (Y-12), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
NA0001942
Assignee:
Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Number(s):
9,411,069
Application Number:
14/842,007
OSTI ID:
1288653
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2015 Sep 01
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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