Patents Assigned to EUROPEAN SPALLATION SOURCE ESS AB
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING A NEUTRON DETECTOR COMPONENT COMPRISING A BORON CARBIDE LAYER FOR USE IN A NEUTRON DETECTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140299781
    Abstract: A method for producing a neutron detector component (1) comprising a neutron detecting boron carbide layer (2) comprising boron-10 arranged on a substantially neutron transparent substrate (3) is provided. The neutron detecting boron carbide layer (2) comprises boron-10 to a desired thickness (t), and wherein the boron-10 content of the neutron detecting boron carbide layer (2) is at least about 60 at. %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicants: EUROPEAN SPALLATION SOURCE ESS AB
    Inventors: Lars Hultman, Jens Birch, Carina Höglund