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14 MeV Neutrons
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14 MeV Neutrons

by Vladivoj Valkovic
August 2015
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
516 pages
16h 29m
English
CRC Press
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7.3 Detection of Threat Materials (Explosives, Drugs, and Dangerous Chemicals)
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beam monitoring was accomplished by silicon photodiode maintained at
135° relative to the deuteron beam.
Let us describe an interesting application of such experimental setup: detec-
tion of explosive devices in passenger’s luggage. A set of explosive devices, land-
mines as shown in Figure 7.34, has been acquired and used in this experiment.
One of those explosive devices has been hidden in the suitcase containing the
dierent clothing items in addition (as shown in Figure 7.35). e suitcase
has then been positioned below a set of gamma detectors and irradiated by ...
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ISBN: 9781482238013