3D Printing Neutron Detectors using Scintillating BN/ZnS Resin

P. Stowell; Z. Kutz; S. Fargher; L. F. Thompson

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/16/01/P01003

3D Printing Neutron Detectors using Scintillating BN/ZnS Resin

Instrumentation and Detectors 2021-02-03 v2

Authors: P. Stowell , Z. Kutz , S. Fargher , L. F. Thompson

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Abstract

In this paper we demonstrate that it is possible to produce low cost neutron-sensitive detectors using stereo-lithography additive manufacturing. A curable scintillating resin is made by mixing BN:ZnS with a commercially available UV resin. This resin is used to print several small area neutron detectors made of arrays of BN:ZnS cones that can be directly coupled to a photo-multiplier tube.

Keywords

neutron detector 3d printing stereo-lithography scintillating resin bn:zns photo-multiplier tube

Cite

@article{arxiv.2002.07439,
  title  = {3D Printing Neutron Detectors using Scintillating BN/ZnS Resin},
  author = {P. Stowell and Z. Kutz and S. Fargher and L. F. Thompson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.07439},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

7 pages, 6 figures

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