Fabrication Of HgI2 Nuclear Radiation Detectors By Machine Cleaving

Author

A. Levi
A. Burger
M. Schieber
L. Van Den Berg
W. (William) B. Yelon, Missourui University of Science and Technology
R. W. Alkire

Abstract

A new device has been designed to facilitate the cleaving of thin sections from bulk crystals of mercuric iodide. Crystallographic perfection of the machine-cleaved sections was established by gamma-ray diffraction rocking curves and was found to be higher than the perfection of hand-cleaved sections or of as-grown thin platelets, approaching the perfection of string-sawn section of HgI2. A correlation was found between the perfection and thickness of the machine-cleaved sections, i.e., the thicker the section the more perfect it is. Reproducibility of the fabrication was significantly improved by using machine cleaving in the fabrication process. © 1983.

Recommended Citation

A. Levi et al., "Fabrication Of HgI2 Nuclear Radiation Detectors By Machine Cleaving," Nuclear Instruments and Methods In Physics Research, vol. 213, no. 1, pp. 31 - 34, Elsevier, Jul 1983.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-5087(83)90038-8

Department(s)

Physics

Comments

U.S. Department of Energy, Grant DE-AC08-76NV01183

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0167-5087

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2023 Elsevier, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

15 Jul 1983