Book chapter
A Neutron Detector Based on Boron‐10 Enriched Scintillating Glasses
Additive Manufacturing and Strategic Technologies in Advanced Ceramics, pp.57-68
Ceramic Transactions, v.258, John Wiley & Sons, Inc
05/31/2016
DOI: 10.1002/9781119236016.ch6
Abstract
Neutron detectors have applications in fields ranging from oil drilling to homeland security. A design for a compact glass detector capable of measuring neutrons with energies from several MeV down to thermal energies is described. The detector described uses a combination of polyethylene layers and layers of Cerium‐doped scintillating glass enriched with
10
B in order to slow the fast neutrons and capture them at thermal energy levels. The
10
B‐enriched glass samples were produced and their light absorption, emission and scintillation yield properties were measured. GEANT4 software was then used to simulate a prototype detector's performance. The geometrical optimization and neutron detection capabilities were also studied.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Neutron Detector Based on Boron‐10 Enriched Scintillating Glasses
- Creators
- Dat Vu - Coe CollegeMakena Dettmann - Coe CollegeVictor Herrig - Coe CollegeLuiz G Jacobsohn - Clemson UniversityMatthew W Kielty - Clemson UniversityJames Wetzel - University of IowaYasar Onel - University of IowaUgur Akgun - Coe College
- Contributors
- Kiyoshi Shimamura (Editor)Soshu Kirihara (Editor)Jun Akedo (Editor)Tatsuki Ohji (Editor)Makio Naito (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Additive Manufacturing and Strategic Technologies in Advanced Ceramics, pp.57-68
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Hoboken, NJ, USA
- Series
- Ceramic Transactions; v.258
- DOI
- 10.1002/9781119236016.ch6
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/31/2016
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984428775602771
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