Ternary liquid scintillator for optical fiber applications
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
InventorsLarry A. Franks, Stephen S. Lutz
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Abstract
A multicomponent liquid scintillator solution for use as a radiation-to-light converter in conjunction with a fiber optic transmission system. The scintillator includes a quantity of 5-amino-9-diethylaminobenz (a) phenoxazonium nitrate (Nile Blue Nitrate) as a solute in a fluor solvent such as benzyl alcohol. The use of PPD as an additional solute is also disclosed. The system is controllable by addition of a suitable quenching agent, such as phenol.
Claims8
A radiation-to-light converter comprising a combination of a fluor solvent and at least one fluor solute, wherein said one solute is 5-amino-9-diethylaminobenz (a) phenoxazonium nitrate.
A method of detecting and measuring ionizing radiation comprising exposing to ionizing radiation a measured solution containing 5-amino-9-diethylaminobenz (a) phenoxazonium nitrate and transmitting the resulting light pulses through an optical fiber.
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