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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1981
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1979
Johannes K Colditz, Eindhoven, NL;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A neutron generator having a target which is hit by a beam of hydrogen ions. The target comprises a metal layer having a large coefficient of absorption for hydrogen, which is provided on a carrier layer of a metal having small coefficients of absorption and diffusion for hydrogen and a large coefficient of thermal conductivity, and a first intermediate layer of another metal having a large coefficient of thermal conductivity and a low sputtering ratio between the metal and the carrier layer. Between the carrier layer and the first intermediate layer a second intermediate layer of a metal, having a coefficient of linear expansion of a value which is between the coefficients of linear expansion of the carrier layer and the first intermediate layer, is present. Such a target is suitable for being used in a neutron generator which is to provide a high neutron yield.