Boron nitride nanotube neutron detector

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10444384
APP PUB NO 20180348384A1
SERIAL NO

15573730

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Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) with 10B combined with a scintillation gas can serve as the basis for detecting thermal neutrons by detecting light from the decay products of the thermal neutron's absorption on the 10B atoms in the BNNT Material as the resultant decay products pass through the scintillating gas. BNNTs with 11B can be utilized as a scaffold for 238U and combined with a scintillation gas as the basis for detecting fast neutrons via detecting light from the fission decay products passing through the scintillating gas. Both technologies provide high spatial and temporal resolution for the detection of thermal neutrons and fast neutrons respectively.

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  • BNNT, LLC

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Jordan, Kevin C Newport News, US 35 73
Whitney, R Roy Newport News, US 39 62

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