Published September 30, 1994 | Version v1
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Moderator material for neutrons and use of said material

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Description

The invention concerns a moderator material used for mediation of high-velocity neutrons, in particular of fission neutrons, to epithermal neutrons. The principal components of the moderator material are aluminum fluoride and aluminum metal, which have been formed into a dense composite substantially free of pores, wherein the material contains 20-50 percent-vol. of aluminum metal and 80-50 percent-vol. aluminum fluoride. Further, the use of the moderator material in accordance with the invention in neutron capture therapy of cancer tumours is described, such as in boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT)

Availability note (English)

Available from National Board of Patents and Registration, P.O.Box 154, FIN-00181 Helsinki, Finland.

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (Finnish)
Neutronien hidastinmateriaali ja sen kaeyttoe

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
10 p.
IPC:
Int. Cl. G 21K 1/00; A 61N 5/10.
IPC
Int. Cl. G 21K 1/00; A 61N 5/10.
Patent number
FI patent document 92890/B/

INIS

Country of Publication
Finland
Country of Input or Organization
Finland
INIS RN
27051229
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ALUMINIUM; ALUMINIUM FLUORIDES; BORON 10; EPITHERMAL NEUTRONS; FAST NEUTRONS; MODERATORS; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY
Descriptors DEC
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS; BARYONS; BORON ISOTOPES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; FERMIONS; FLUORIDES; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HADRONS; HALIDES; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MEDICINE; METALS; NEUTRON THERAPY; NEUTRONS; NUCLEI; NUCLEONS; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIOTHERAPY; STABLE ISOTOPES; THERAPY

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Secondary number(s)
FI patent application 932711.