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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 1984
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Norman P Goldstein, Murrysville, PA (US);
William H Todt, Elmira Heights, NY (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250370 ;
Abstract
A self-powered nuclear radiation detector with an emitter electrode of an alloy of a first major constituent metal having a desired high radiation response, and a second minor constituent which imparts to the alloy a desired thermal or mechanical characteristic without diminishing the desired high radiation response. A gamma responsive self-powered detector is detailed which has an emitter with lead as the major constituent, with the minor constitutent selected from aluminum, copper, nickel, platinum, or zinc.