Abstract
Moderately superheated drops of liquid in a gel will vaporize when exposed to neutrons. The basic characteristics of such detectors are described, with emphasis on a model for the dynamics of the process of vapor bubble nucleation.
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Apfel, R.E., Chu, BT. & Mengel, J. Superheated drop nucleation for neutron detection. Applied Scientific Research 38, 117–122 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00385942
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00385942