Neutron dosimeter
US4857259A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 16, 1986 |
| Grant date | Aug 15, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 16, 2006 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A neutron dosimeter and a method for neutron dosimetry involving a two-layer structure, one layer being a fissile material, and the other being a material which changes its conductivity in accordance with a density of implanted ions. Neutrons striking the fissile material result in the production of energetic ions, a determinable number of which implant themselves in the second layer and so alter its conductivity. Measurements of the conductivity of the second layer provide information from which neutron dose may be inferred.
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