This book reflects developments in both fundamental nuclear physics and the application of
fast neutrons to many practical problems in medicine, the environment, security, and other …

Over 2300 years ago, the discovery of tourmaline led to the understanding of pyroelectric
properties, which opened new doors to various applications of pyroelectric crystal, such as …

Experiments were carried out to optimize the performance of the neutron back-scattering
(NBS) technique in landmine detection using an assembly consisting of three different layers …

Landmine detection capability of metal detectors is very sensitive to the gap between buried
landmines and the sensor heads. Therefore, human deminers manually scan ground …

As an upgrade of a robotic mobile system for anti-personnel landmine clearance, a fast
neutron probe has been considered for the detection of mines and explosive residues …

Nuclear-based explosive detection methods can detect explosives by identifying their
elemental components, especially nitrogen. Thermal neutron capture reactions have been …

The neutron back-scattering (NBS) technique is a well established method to find hydrogen
in objects. It can be applied in land mine detection taking advantage of the fact that land …

Publisher Summary This particular chapter provides details about detection of explosives.
The detection of explosive materials might be made of a selection of materials that are …

Thermal neutrons detectors have been used for a long time and continue to be used to
detect hydrogenous material. In this work, BF3 and 3He detectors ability have been …

The HYDAD-D landmine detector (Brooks and Drosg, 2005) has been modified and field-
tested for 17 months in a variety of soil conditions. Test objects containing about the same …