Funct. Mater. 2013; 20 (3): 300-303.
Boron-loaded liquid scintillator
[1]Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 6 Joliot Curie St., Dubna, Russia
[2]"Dubna" University, 19 Universitetskaya St., Dubna, Russia
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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