Fast Neutron Detector
- 1 November 1949
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 20 (11), 766-767
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1741384
Abstract
A simple fast neutron detector suitable for health physics applications has been constructed using two 931A photo‐multiplier tubes in coincidence to reduce background. A ``sandwich'' made of Lucite and activated zinc sulfide is used to produce the scintillations. The efficiency of the instrument for fast neutrons from a Ra–Be source is 1.5±50 percent×10−4. It detects a fast neutron flux of 20 neutrons/cm2 sec. with a counting rate that is over ten times background.Keywords
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