Funct. Mater. 2020; 27 (3): 458-462.

doi:https://doi.org/10.15407/fm27.03.458

Neutron-sensitive plastic scintillator activated by naphthalene

P.N.Zhmurin, D.A.Yelisieiev, V.D.Alekseev, O.V.Yelisieieva, Yu.A.Gurkalenko

Institute of Scintillation Materials, STC "Institute for Single Crystals", National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 60 Nauky Ave., 61001 Kharkiv, Ukraine

Abstract: 

In the work, liquid and plastic scintillators containing naphthalene as an activator are obtained. Their scintillation properties were studied. The possibility of creating neutron-sensitive plastic scintillators activated by naphthalene molecules was evaluated.

Keywords: 
liquid scintillator, plastic scintillator, naphthalene, n/gamma-discrimination.
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