Directional gamma detector

Patent · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:863846

LeVert, Francis E ^[1]; Cox, Samson A ^[2]

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1. Downers Grove, Knoxville, TN
2. Downers Grove, IL

An improved directional gamma radiation detector has a collector sandwiched etween two layers of insulation of varying thicknesses. The collector and insulation layers are contained within an evacuated casing, or emitter, which releases electrons upon exposure to gamma radiation. Delayed electrons and electrons entering the collector at oblique angles are attenuated as they pass through the insulation layers on route to the collector.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4259575
• OSTI ID: 863846
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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