Hydrothermal aging-resistant plastic scintillator formulations
| Patent Number: | 10,732,304 |
| Issued: | 8/4/2020 |
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| Abstract: | A plastic scintillator includes an anti-fog additive or comonomer. The plastic scintillator is formulated to resist the development of hydrothermally-induced aging defects (e.g. discoloration and "fogging") while maintaining scintillation light output and other desirable physical properties. |
| Filed: | 4/30/2018 |
| Application Number: | 15/966,953 |
| Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |