METHOD OF OBTAINING TWO-LAYER FIBROUS SCINTILLATOR Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC C09K11/08 C09K11/62 G02B6/02 G01T1/20 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to scintillation materials, specifically to two-layer fibrous scintillators for detecting slow neutrons and suitable for making scintillation fibrous detectors for radiation environmental monitoring, for monitoring space and industrial neutron background, for making systems for monitoring nuclear fuel and articles made from fissile materials, as well as for making antiterrorist radiation monitoring systems. The method of making two-layer fibrous scintillator involves heating core and cladding material at 180-190°C, pressure 150-180 kg/cm² and then moulding the two-layer structure of the fibre through extrusion at a rate of 1.0-1.5 m/h. The material of the core of the scintillator contains the following in wt %: silver chloride 5.0-10.0; silver bromide 87.5-85.0; silver iodide 0.5-1.0; thallium (I) iodide 7.0-4.0, and the cladding material of the scintillator contains the following in wt %: silver chloride 18.0-20.0; silver bromide 80.5-79.4; silver iodide 0.1-0.5; thallium (I) iodide 0.5-1.0. The invention enables to obtain a new generation of flexible long two-layer fibrous scintillators with fluorescence spectrum maximum between 600 nm and 800 nm.

EFFECT: two-layer fibre structure enables transmission of scintillation radiation with virtually no loss owing to the effect of total internal reflection of radiation in the core of the fibre at the core-cladding boundary surface.

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