X-ray Sensitive Material

Abstract

This report is the culmination of a series of small projects from fiscal years 2011 through 2014. These projects sought a material that not only exhibited a measureable effect when dosed with X-rays (5 seconds using 80 to100 kilovolts [kV], 5 milliamperes [mA], tungsten [W] target) but could also withstand temperature extremes encountered during processing and potential application.(U) The result of these efforts was a composite material that would hold a quasi-permanent electric charge and rapidly discharge the electric charge upon X-ray exposure. The composite material combined the properties of an electret and an X-ray photoconductor, with a measurable charge maintained for at least a period of hours and an X-ray response occurring within an increment of time that depended upon incident X-ray power.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2015
Accession Number
AD1001591

Entities

People

  • M. J. Roberts

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemistry
  • Composite Materials
  • Detection
  • Dielectrics
  • Electrets
  • Electric Charge
  • Field Effect Transistors
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Metals
  • Nanocomposites
  • Radiation
  • Semiconductors
  • Spectra
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.