TY - JOUR
T1 - Interaction rate of polystyrene fiber optics with pseudocumene-based liquid scintillator
AU - Strait, Matthew L
AU - Cronin-Hennessy, Daniel P
AU - Arms, K.
PY - 2010/3/21
Y1 - 2010/3/21
N2 - To quantify the risk of using wavelength shifting fiber immersed in pseudocumene-based liquid scintillator, we have measured the rate of reaction of the polystyrene core of this fiber with solutions of pseudocumene dissolved in mineral oil. The rate of reaction drops rapidly with concentration. For samples below 17% pseudocumene by volume, the amount of core that reacted in 18 months was less than our measurement limit of 6 μ m.
AB - To quantify the risk of using wavelength shifting fiber immersed in pseudocumene-based liquid scintillator, we have measured the rate of reaction of the polystyrene core of this fiber with solutions of pseudocumene dissolved in mineral oil. The rate of reaction drops rapidly with concentration. For samples below 17% pseudocumene by volume, the amount of core that reacted in 18 months was less than our measurement limit of 6 μ m.
KW - Fiber optics
KW - Liquid scintillator
KW - Materials interaction
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nima.2010.01.002
DO - 10.1016/j.nima.2010.01.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77449108488
VL - 615
SP - 33
EP - 36
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
SN - 0168-9002
IS - 1
ER -