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Study on Scintillator Polishing Technology for Increasing the Detection Efficiency of Radiation Detectors Using Plastic Scintillators

플라스틱 섬광체를 이용한 방사선 검출기의 검출 효율을 높이기 위한 섬광체 연마 기술 연구

  • Received : 2014.10.16
  • Accepted : 2014.11.13
  • Published : 2014.12.31

Abstract

Scintillators were polished in four steps using polishing paper, to reduce the optical loss occurring at their cross section when radiation detectors are fabricated with plastic scintillators. We studied the correlation between the polishing steps and detection efficiency and assessed the detection characteristics that are dependent in the polishing steps. Our results showed that the detection efficiency increased by approximately 7.75 times for a detector that used a scintillator polished in four steps, compared to a detector that used an depolished scintillator. For detectors fabricated using scintillators polished in different steps, better detection characteristics were obtained in terms of the activity, distance, and location of radiation, compared to detectors fabricated with an depolished scintillator.

본 연구는 방사선 검출용 플라스틱 섬광체 검출기의 검출효율을 높이기 위한 섬광체 연마에 관한 연구이다. 플라스틱 섬광체를 이용한 검출기를 제작하여 4단계의 연마 과정으로 섬광체 절단면에서 광손실을 감소시켰다. 이때 연마단계와 검출 효율에 대한 상관관계를 구하여 검출 특성을 평가하였다. 연마단계에 따른 검출 효율을 측정한 결과 연마하지 않은 섬광체와 비교하여 4단계의 연마 과정을 모두 연마한 섬광체를 이용한 검출기의 검출 효율이 최대 7.57배 증가하는 것을 확인하였고 각 단계 별로 연마한 섬광체를 이용하여 제작한 검출기에서도 방사선의 세기, 거리, 위치에 대한 검출 특성에서도 연마하지 않은 섬광체에 비하여 좋은 검출 특성을 보였다.

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