A Sensitive Neutron Counter with a High-Pressure Ionization Chamber Filled with BF 3

Zielczyński, Mieczysław; Rusinowski, Zdzisław; Tulik, Piotr

doi:10.2478/v10013-007-0014-5

Journal

Polish Journal of Medical Physics And Engineering

2007 | 13 | 3 | 157-162

Article title

A Sensitive Neutron Counter with a High-Pressure Ionization Chamber Filled with BF3

Authors

Mieczysław Zielczyński , Zdzisław Rusinowski , Piotr Tulik

Content

Full texts:

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Title variants

Languages of publication

EN

Abstracts

EN

A ionization chamber, filled with 10BF3 and operating in a pulse mode, was investigated as a possible sensitive pocket detector for detection of neutrons at low flux densities. The chamber is 85 mm long and 19 mm in diameter. The measured sensitivity of the chamber placed near the human body (in the belt), without any additional moderator was of the order of 1 pulse/n cm-2 in the radiation field of a 252Cf source.

Keywords

EN

neutron counter ionization chamber BF3

Publisher

Versita

Journal

Polish Journal of Medical Physics And Engineering

Year

2007

Volume

13

Issue

3

Pages

157-162

Physical description

Dates

published

1 - 1 - 2007

online

30 - 12 - 2008

Contributors

author

Mieczysław Zielczyński

Institute of Atomic Energy, 05-400 Otwock-Świerk, Poland

author

Zdzisław Rusinowski

Institute of Atomic Energy, 05-400 Otwock-Świerk, Poland

author

Piotr Tulik

Institute of Atomic Energy, 05-400 Otwock-Świerk, Poland

References

Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10013-007-0014-5

YADDA identifier

bwmeta1.element.-psjd-doi-10_2478_v10013-007-0014-5