GADOLINIUM: COMPOUNDS, PRODUCTION AND APPLICATIONS ; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; MAGNETIC INTERACTIONS IN OXO-CARBOXYLATE BRIDGED GADOLINIUM(III) COMPLEXES: SYNTHESIS, CRYSTAL STRUCTURES AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; MAGNETIC ASPECTS ; GADOLINIUM(III): MAGNETIC PROPERTIES ; METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS ; Synthetic Routes ; State of the Art ; Type of Bridge A ; Type of Bridge B ; Type of Bridge C ; Type of Bridge D; Type of Bridge E; Type of Bridge F ; PUBLISHED EMPIRICAL STUDIES ; THEORETICAL STUDIES ; CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEDGMENT REFERENCES ; APPLICATION OF GADOLINIUM FOILS AS CONVERTERS OF THERMAL NEUTRONS IN DETECTORS OF NUCLEAR RADIATION ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF CONVERTER PerformanCES ; 2.1. Theoretical Bases ; 2.1.1. Probability of neutrons absorption ; 2.1.2. Probability of gamma quanta's formation ; 2.1.3. Probability of internal conversion electrons formation ; 2.1.3. Intensity of Auger electrons ; 2.1.6. Passage of electrons through a substance ; 2.2.1. Model representation and calculation ; 2.2.2. Probability of converters activation
2.2.3. Modeling for a case of neutrons flow under various angles 2.2.4. Contribution of low-energetic electrons to general efficiency of converters ; 2.2.5. Contribution of X-rays and soft gamma radiations on general efficiency of converters ; 2.2.6. Modeling of converters executed from a set of thin drilling converters ; 2.3.1. Modeling of converters representing sandwiches, from supporting films and converters ; 3. POSITION SENSITIVE DETECTORS OF TERMAL NEUTRONS WITH GADOLINUM CONVERTERS ; 3.1. Normal Presure Multistep Avalanche Chamber
3.1.1. Characteristics of the multistep avalanche chambers 3.1.2. Gas amplification and efficiency of registrations MSAC ; 3.1.3. Spatial resolution of the multistep avalanche chambers ; 3.1.4. Influence of gas mixes on characteristic MSAC ; 3.1.5. Ways of stabilization of operating modes for work MSAC ; 3.1.6. Detector testing ; 3.1.7. Effects of some constructional elements on the MSAC characterisrics ; 3.2. Thermal Neutron Imaging Detectors Combining Novel Composite Foil Convertors and Gaseous Electron Multipliers ; 3.2.1. The neutron convertor foil
3.2.2. The Multistep avalanche chamber 3.2.3. Detector characteristics ; 3.3. Hybrid Low-Pressure (MSGC) Neutron Detectors ; 3.3.1. The detector principle ; 3.3.2. Converter fabrication ; 3.4. Resistive Plate Chambers with Gd-Coated Electrodes as Thermal Neutron Detectors ; 3.5. The Neutron Sensitivy Image Plates ; 3.5. Neutron Imaging Detector Using Capillary Phenomena and Liquid Scintillator; 3.6. Position Sensitive Detection of Thermal Neutrons with Solid State Detectors (Gd Si Planar Detectors) ; 3.6.1. Characteristics of detector ; CONCLUSIONS ; REFERENCES
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