Bonding scintillator material to produce large panels or other shapes
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorsStephanie Silberstein Bell, Thomas M. Hartnett, Richard Gentilman, Derrick J. Rockosi, Jeremy Wagner
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Abstract
A method of bonding includes applying a glass composition to at least a first material surface. The glass composition includes a glass powder and a solvent. The first material surface is disposed onto a second material surface. An elevated temperature is applied to the first material surface and the second material surface to form a bond between the first material surface and the second material surface. The first material surface and the second material surface are compressed under an isostatic pressure.
Claims6
A method of creating a scintillator element, the method comprising:
- applying a glass composition to at least a first surface of a first optically transparent scintillator material, the glass composition comprising a glass powder and a solvent;
- removing the solvent from the glass composition by applying a first elevated temperature;
- disposing the first material onto a first surface of a second optically transparent scintillator material, wherein the first and second optically transparent scintillator materials both luminesce when excited by ionizing radiation;
- applying a second elevated temperature to the first material and the second material to form an optically transparent bond between the first material and the second material;
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- compressing the first material and the second material under an isostatic pressure.
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