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Composite dielectric fins in enhanced area boron coated neutron detectors

US8084747B2 · kind B2 · utility

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24Claims

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Eric M. Weissman · Chagrin Falls, US
James Michael Lustig · Newbury, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 13, 2009
Grant date	Dec 27, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 10, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01T3/008
WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A neutron detector that includes a hollow member extending along and circumscribing an axis. The hollow member has an interior surface and bounds a volume. The detector also includes an anode extending within the volume. The detector also includes a cathode that includes at least one fin extending within the volume. The fin has a substrate material with at least one surface. At least part of the interior surface of the hollow member and the surface of the at least one fin have neutron sensitive material thereon.

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