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US 11,307,314 B2Granted
Apparatus, system, and method for radiation hardened plastic and flexible elastomer scintillator
AssigneeUniversity of Iowa Research Foundation
InventorsUgur Akgun, Yasar Onel
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Abstract
A scintillating material that is a radiation hardened plastic and flexible elastomer is disclosed. The material is useful in a wide range of high energy particle environments and can be used to create detectors. Such detectors can be used in physics experiments or in medical treatment or imaging. The scintillator can be radiation hardened so as to allow for an extended lifetime over other materials.
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A scintillating material for detecting high energy particles comprising:
- a base material selected from the group consisting of a siloxane material and a plastic;
- a primary fluor melted into the base material by heating the base material to between 65° C. and 100° C.;
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- a secondary fluor melted into the base material, wherein the scintillating material has a light output with little or no transmission loss after exposure to radiation dosages of up to approximately 105 Gy.
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A method for creating a scintillating material, the method comprising:
- providing a base material, wherein the base material is selected from the group consisting of a siloxane material and a plastic;
- melting a primary fluor into the base material by heating the base material between 65° C. and 100° C.;
- melting a secondary fluor into the base material;
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- melting a curing agent into the base material to form the scintillating material, wherein the scintillating material is formed to be radiation hardened to maintain production of a light output with little or no transmission loss after exposure to high radiation dosages of up to approximately 105 Gy.
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An apparatus for detecting high energy particles comprising:
- a scintillating material comprising;
- a base material;
- a primary fluor comprising bis-MSB melted into the base material between 65° C. and 100° C.;
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- a secondary fluor comprising pTP,
- wherein the scintillating material is formed by being degassed under vacuum, having nitrogen gas applied at a positive pressure while under heat, and post-cured to remove peroxide break down products wherein the scintillating material is configured to resist damage from high radiation dosages of approximately 105 Gy and still generate a light output with little or no transmission loss.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.