Patent ID: 9182508
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: G01T

Abstract:
1. A neutron detector comprising: a neutron detecting material comprising a glass medium fabricated from a sol-gel precursor incorporating in a heterogeneous composition a first material that yields at least one of a triton, an alpha particle and a fission fragment when a neutron is absorbed and a second material that emits scintillations when traversed by said at least one of a triton, an alpha particle and a fission fragment, said second material being defined by small particulates such that said glass medium surrounding said small particulates is dimensioned such that charged particles emitted from the constituent within said glass medium enter said second material; a plastic into which particulates of said neutron detecting material are dispersed, said plastic being optically-transparent with respect to said scintillations produced by said neutron detecting material; and a surface coating disposed on said plastic for reflecting said scintillations within said plastic to an output of said neutron detector.