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US 11,822,027 B2Granted
Neutron position detector
AssigneeCanon Electron Tubes & Devices Co., Ltd.
InventorsKazuya Ishizawa, Noriyuki Hikida
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Abstract
A neutron position detector according to an embodiment includes a tubular enclosure used as a cathode, an anode located at an axial center inside the enclosure, and a gas that includes a 3He gas and an additive gas and is sealed inside the enclosure. The additive gas includes nitrogen as a quenching gas, and argon as a gas that reduces the ranges of reaction products as neutron and 3He gas.
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A neutron position detector, comprising:
- an enclosure used as a cathode, the enclosure being tubular;
- an anode located at an axial center inside the enclosure;
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- a gas sealed inside the enclosure,
- the gas including a 3He gas and an additive gas,
- the additive gas including
- nitrogen as a quenching gas, and
- argon as a gas reducing a range of a reaction product of a neutron and the 3He gas.
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