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Daimlerchrysler Aerospace

John Sved

George H Miley

Yibin Gu

Blair P Bromley

Jonathan H Nadler

Brian E Jurczyk

The invention relates to the fact that a common industrial neutron interrogation screening requirement is that a high throughput rate be accommodated by the screening system. The accumulation of elemental abundance ratio spectral data to minimize statistical uncertainty is a function of the neutron flux passing through the subject. If the subject passes through a neutron beam, with a strictly limited time window for exposure, the flux must be sufficient to accumulate the required statistics. The level of neutron flux necessary may exceed the cost effective limits of the selected neutron source means. Exposure time window dilation is disclosed through a class of system configurations which become practical for reduction to practice by utilization of linear neutron source topology neutron generators. This disclosure is concerned with example embodiments which utilize the length, width, thickness and segmentation of the source emission zone within an appropriate neutron source.

Process for neutron interrogation of objects in relative motion or of large extent

A device (,) for producing fullerenes includes an IEC vacuum chamber (,) which has a central grid-like electrode (,) and a conductive outer shell (,) that are connected to a pulsed source of high voltage (,) and provide an electric field within the chamber (,). The applied voltage supports the creation of a plasma at the inner core of the chamber near the electrode (,). A carbon-based gas, which is introduced into the chamber (,), possibly along with an inert buffer gas, id dissociated into component carbon and hydrogen ions that are separated and the carbon ions recombined into fullerenes that appears as a soot. The device (,) includes a soot extraction mechanism for removing and collecting the fullerenes.

Method and apparatus for producing complex carbon molecules

Plasma jet source using an inertial electrostatic confinement discharge

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Delmenhorst, Germany

John Sved