Neutron Scintillation Counting by the S(n,p)P32 Process in ZnS(Ag) Phosphors

1 January 1954

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments

Vol. 25 (1) , 30-32
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1770877

Abstract

Evidence is presented for neutron counting by the S(n,p)P³² endothermic reaction in ZnS(AG) powdered phosphors. Preliminary studies have been made on the possible application of this reaction in sulfur‐containing crystals to neutron scintillation spectrometry above ∼2 Mev.

Keywords

COMPOUND DISTRIBUTION
ZINC
PHOSPHORUS

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Review of Scientific Instruments, 1952
Response of Some Scintillation Crystals to Charged Particles
Physical Review B, 1951
Neutron Cross Sections of the Elements
Reviews of Modern Physics, 1950