1957/06/01 by G. W. Clark, F. Scherb, William B. Smith · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies #Particle Detector Development and Performance #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Scintillator #Scintillation #Polystyrene #Cosmic ray #Scintillation counter #Detector #Terphenyl #Materials science #Physics #Particle detector #Nuclear physics #Optics #Astrophysics #Polymer #Composite material
paper · doi:10.1063/1.1715900
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A process is described for the manufacture of disks of plastic scintillators weighing over 100 kg and composed of polystyrene (∼99%), p-terphenyl (∼1%), and POPOP (∼0.03%). The design and performance of two large plastic scintillation detectors for cosmic rays are discussed.