Directional detector of gamma rays
US4136282A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 29, 1977 |
| Grant date | Jan 23, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 29, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01T1/16
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A directional detector of gamma rays comprises a strip of an electrical cuctor of high atomic number backed with a strip of a second electrical conductor of low atomic number. These elements are enclosed within an electrical conductor that establishes an electrical ground, maintains a vacuum enclosure and screens out low-energy gamma rays. The detector exhibits a directional sensitivity marked by an increased output in the favored direction by a factor of ten over the output in the unfavored direction.
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