neutron detector

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neutron
noun[C]
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/ˈnjuː.trɒn/us
/ˈnuː.trɑːn/
a part of an atom that has no ...
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detector
noun[C]
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/dɪˈtek.tər/us
/dɪˈtek.tɚ/
a device used to find particular substances or things, or measure ...
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The spacecraft instrumentation includes a framing camera, a visual and infrared spectrometer, and a gamma-ray andneutrondetector.
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Spark counterneutrondetectorfor high temperature applications.
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Its sensitivity to gamma rays is negligible, providing a very usefulneutrondetector.
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Thus, photons cause major interference in neutron detection, since it is uncertain if neutrons or photons are being detected by theneutrondetector.
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That year he also invented the neutron monitor to fulfill the need for a stable ground-basedneutrondetector.
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The total deposited charge is a direct measure of the energy of the ionizing particle (neutron or photon) entering theneutrondetector.
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Detection hardware refers to the kind ofneutrondetectorused (the most common today is the scintillation detector) and to the electronics used in the detection setup.
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In the case of neutron detectors, high efficiency is gained through the use of scintillating materials rich in hydrogen that scatter neutrons efficiently.
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The neutron detectors are sensitive to concentrations of hydrogen in the upper meter of the surface.
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They are usually associated with neutron detectors that can look for water and ice in the soil by measuring neutrons.
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Boiling water reactors may have dozens of neutron detectors, one per fuel assembly.
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Notably, however, it operated without an external neutron source and used two types of neutron detectors.
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It has a high absorption cross section for thermal neutron beams and is used as a converter gas in neutron detectors.
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Detectors relying on elastic scattering are called fast neutron detectors.
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The symbol is used primarily to quantify the sensitivity of neutron detectors which are commonly described as having a sensitivity of so many "counts per second per nv".
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