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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2021
Lawrence Livermore National Security, Llc, Livermore, CA (US);
Ludlum Measurements, Inc., Sweetwater, TX (US);
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, Llc, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Andrew Neil Mabe, Livermore, CA (US);
M Leslie Carman, San Ramon, CA (US);
Stephen Anthony Payne, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Natalia P. Zaitseva, Livermore, CA (US);
Charles R. Hurlbut, Sweetwater, TX (US);
Terence C. O'Brien, Sweetwater, TX (US);
Kyle Ray Shipp, Sweetwater, TX (US);
Nicholas Richard Myllenbeck, Livermore, CA (US);
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
Ludlum Measurements, Inc., Sweetwater, TX (US);
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
A plastic scintillator includes a polymer matrix, an aliphatic additive present in the polymer matrix in an effective amount to impart fog resistance to the plastic scintillator, and at least one fluorescent dye in the polymer matrix, the dye being effective to provide scintillation upon exposure to radiation. The effective amount of the aliphatic additive is in a range of greater than 0 weight percent up to 5 weight percent relative to the total weight of the plastic scintillator. Moreover, the aliphatic additive has a structure comprising up to 300 repeat units.