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Characterization of a 6Li-loaded liquid organic scintillator for fast neutron spectrometry and thermal neutron detection

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Jeffrey S. Nico, C. D. Bass, E J. Beise, Craig Heimbach, T. Langford

Abstract

We present the characterization of a liquid scintillator incorporating an aqueous solution of enriched lithium chloride to produce a scintillator with 0.40% 6Li. We report on its performance in terms of optical properties and neutron response. We incorporated the scintillator into a cell and measured the light output spectra from 2.5 MeV, 14 MeV, and Cf-252 neutrons using capture-gated coincidence techniques. We operated the spectrometer without coincidence to perform thermal neutron measurements. We discuss of possible improvements in spectrometer performance.
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International Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes
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Keywords

Fast neutron spectrometry, Thermal neutron detection, Organic scintillator, Lithium-6, Capture-gated coincidence
Neutron research and Radiation

Citation

Nico, J. , Bass, C. , Beise, E. , Heimbach, C. and Langford, T. (2013), Characterization of a 6Li-loaded liquid organic scintillator for fast neutron spectrometry and thermal neutron detection, International Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=911570 (Accessed October 9, 2025)

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Created March 24, 2013, Updated February 19, 2017
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