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A HIGH SPEED, HIGH EFFICIENCY PROTON RECOIL SCINTILLATOR

Award Information
Agency: Department of Energy
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 14587
Amount: $50,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1991
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
3754 Hawkins Ne
Albuquerque, NM 87109
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Timothy C Tiernan
 Principal Investigator
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Business Contact
Phone: (505) 345-5668
Research Institution
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Abstract

MANY VARIETIES OF PROTON RECOIL SCINTILLATORS ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR FAST NEUTRON SPECTROSCOPY. VIRTUALLY ALL OF THEM EMPLOY CARBON-BASED ORGANIC SCINTILLATORS BECAUSE OF THE RELATIVELY HIGH PROPORTION OF HYDROGEN CONTAINED BY THESE MATERIALS. A SILICON-BASED LIQUID SCINTILLATOR THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR BOTH HIGHER SPEED AND HIGHER LIGHT OUTPUT THAN ORGANIC SCINTILLATORS HAS RECENTLY BEEN DEVELOPED. ITS HIGH RATIO OF HYDROGEN ATOMS TO OTHER ATOMS INDICATES THAT IT COULD PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXTREMELY HIGH SPEED, HIGH SENSITIVITY PROTON RECOIL SCINTILLATOR. IN INITIAL STUDIES, THIS FIRST GENERATION SILICON-BASED SCINTILLATOR HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE 10 TO 15 TIMES FASTER THAN ORGANIC SCINTILLATORS, AND ITS LIGHT OUTPUT IS 5 TO 10% BETTER THAN THE BICRON BC-501 ORGANIC SCINTILLATOR. THE COMBINATION OF EXCEPTIONALLY HIGHSPEED AND HIGH LIGHT OUTPUT OF THE SILICON-BASED SCINTILLATOR COULD RESULT IN EXTREMELY SIGNIFICANT FAST NEUTRON DETECTOR TECHNOLOGY. IN PHASE I, RESEARCH AIMS TO PROVE THE FEASIBILITY OF AN EXTREMELY HIGH SPEED, HIGH EFFICIENCY POLYSILANE-BASED PROTON RECOIL SCINTILLATOR. THERESEARCH IS DIRECTED AT THE QUANTIFICATION OF THE SCINTILLATOR RESPONSE TO FAST NEUTRONS AND GAMMAS.

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