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      Portable Detection

      Handheld detection instrument customs and border protection
      Portable security instrument for first responder
      handheld safeguard for nuclear safeguards

      Saint-Gobain Crystals provides dependable, portable scintillation based radiation detection solutions for the industrial and security markets.  We are continually advancing our technology to enable our customers fast and accurate detection to protect against threats of radiation and radioactive material. Our extensive product portfolio includes NaI(Tl), NaILTM, LaBr3, CLLB, CsI(Tl), PVT To meet specific application needs.

      The Saint-Gobain Advantage for portable detection

      • Fast, accurate isotope identification - LaBr3, Enhanced LaBr, CLLB
      • Lightweight design to limit user fatigue – SiPM based detectors, LaBr3, Enhanced LaBr, CLLB
      • Neutron detection performance without He3 - NaIL, CLLB
      • Ruggedized construction
      • Cost-effective solutions – NaI(Tl), NaIL, SiPM based detectors
      • ANSI compliant
      • IP67 rated to survive tough missions - SiPM based detectors
       

      Applications

      • First Responders and Emergency Management
      • Customs and Border Protection
      • Security and Military Forces
      • Nuclear Safeguards
      • Environmental Monitoring
      • Health Physics
      • Nuclear Medicine and Scientific Institutes
      • Scrap Steel Monitoring

         

       

      Features/Benefits

      • NaIL
        • Helium-3 free alternative
        • Most cost-effective solution for dual detection
        • Reduced user fatigue with a lighter weight RIID due to the elimination of second neutron detector
      • CLLB    
        • Helium-3 free alternative
        • Improved detection capability and faster scans due to improved isotope identification from its superior energy resolution
        • Reduced user fatigue with a lighter weight RIID due to the elimination of second neutron detector
      • LaBr3 or Enhanced LaBr3
        • Improved detection capability and faster scans due to improved isotope identification from its superior energy resolution
        • Reduced user fatigue with a lighter weight RIID due to high density and high stopping power
      • SiPM- Based Detectors
        • Low power operation enables a longer-lasting RIID to eliminate multiple battery changes.
        • Reduced user fatigue with a more compact design over a PMT detector
        • Improved detector capability through magnetic field insensitivity

      It's What's Inside That Counts!

      Material Radiation Detected

      Eres @ 662 keV

      %

      Density
      (g/cc)

      Light Output (photons/keV)

      Decay Time (ns)

      $$ Thermal neutron
      detection efficiency,
      2" thickness (%)

       

      LaBr3(Ce)

      Gamma

      2.6

      5.08

      63

      16

      $$$$

       

      Enhanced LaBr

      Gamma

      2.3

      5.08

      73

      25

      $$$$

       
      CeBr3 Gamma 3.8 5.1 60 19 $$$$  
      NaI(Tl) Gamma 7 3.67 38 250 $$  

      CsI(Tl)

      Gamma

      6.5

      4.51

      54

      1000

      $$$

       

      CsI(Na)

      Gamma

      8

      4.51

      60

      630

      $$$

       

      CLLB

      Gamma & Neutron

      <4

      4.2

      43

      180/1100

      $$$$

      89%

      NaIL

      Gamma & Neutron

      <8

      3.66

      35

      g  240, 1400
      n  230, 1100

      $$

      39% (w/ 1% 6Li)

      PVT (BC-408)*

      Gamma, Alpha, Beta

      NA

      1.03

      10

      2.1

      $

       
      *Multiple different formulas available

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