Induced nuclear reactions: processes – systems – and elements – Nuclear transmutation – Gamma or charged particle activation analysis
Patent
1985-10-09
1988-07-12
Behrend, Harvey E.
Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements
Nuclear transmutation
Gamma or charged particle activation analysis
G21G 112, G21H 500, G21K 510
Patent
active
047568666
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for detecting concentrations of nitrogen between 20% and 30% by weight such as is common in explosives is disclosed. A microtron having an output electron beam at a level below 45 MeV is targeted onto a typically tungsten target to provide gamma radiation levels. Deflection magnets adjacent to the target deflect the electron beam of the microtron to cause it to scan. Articles placed on a container containing suspect nitrogen are systematically scanned and output gamma radiation of 511 keV detected from nitrogen. Nitrogen concentrations and consequently expected concealed explosives are easily mapped in two or three dimensions, quantitatively.
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