Funct. Mater. 2013; 20 (3): 300-303.

http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/fm20.03.300

Boron-loaded liquid scintillator

I.B.Nemchenok[1,2], N.A.Gundorin[1], I.I.Kamnev[2], E.A.Shevchik[1], A.A.Shurenkova[1,2]

[1]Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 6 Joliot Curie St., Dubna, Russia
[2]"Dubna" University, 19 Universitetskaya St., Dubna, Russia

Abstract: 

The high thermal neutron capture cross-section of 10B  nucleus enables to use the boron-loaded organic scintillators as a basis of the neutron detectors. The study results of the new liquid scintillator with mass concentration of boron up to 6  %, based on linear alkylbenzene and contained as a boron additive ortho-carborane, are presented in the paper. The transparency spectra, scintillation characteristics of the new material and the detection efficiency for thermal neutrons have been studied.

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