CN113186440A - Aluminum fluoride-based ceramic neutron moderating material and preparation method thereof - Google Patents

Aluminum fluoride-based ceramic neutron moderating material and preparation method thereof Download PDF

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CN113186440A
CN113186440A CN202110463782.2A CN202110463782A CN113186440A CN 113186440 A CN113186440 A CN 113186440A CN 202110463782 A CN202110463782 A CN 202110463782A CN 113186440 A CN113186440 A CN 113186440A
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The invention discloses an aluminum fluoride-based ceramic neutron moderating material and a preparation method thereof. The technical scheme of the invention is as follows: the composite material comprises the following components in percentage by mass: 0.5-5% of LiF, 15-40% of Al and 345-75% of AlF, and the particle sizes of LiF, Al and AlF3 powder are all less than 2.5 mu m. The preparation method provided by the invention can ensure that the moderator has high density, high hardness and good processability.

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Aluminum fluoride-based ceramic neutron moderating material and preparation method thereof
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of ceramics, in particular to an aluminum fluoride-based ceramic neutron moderating material and a preparation method thereof.
Background
According to the boron neutron capture cancer treatment device driven by the accelerator, accelerated protons (5 MeV-30 MeV) bombard a lithium target or a beryllium target to generate neutrons, and the neutrons are decelerated by a moderator to obtain thermal neutrons. The thermal neutrons are absorbed by boron-containing drugs in the tumor cells, and the boron atomic nucleus releases charged ions after absorbing the neutrons so as to kill cancer cells and realize accurate radiotherapy at a cellular level. In the whole process, the generation of thermal neutrons with high enough flux is a very important link. The ceramic sintered by using LiF \ Al \ AlF3 mixed powder can meet the requirement and provide enough thermal neutrons for cancer treatment, and how to provide an aluminum fluoride-based ceramic neutron moderating material and a preparation method thereof are the problems to be solved by the inventor.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the shortcomings of the prior art, the main object of the present invention is to provide ….
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme: the aluminum fluoride-based ceramic neutron moderating material comprises the following components in percentage by mass: 0.5-5% of LiF, 15-40% of Al and 345-75% of AlF, and the particle sizes of LiF, Al and AlF3 powder are all less than 2.5 mu m.
A preparation method of an aluminum fluoride-based ceramic neutron moderating material comprises the following steps:
a. mixing LiF, Al and AlF3 powder uniformly according to a proportion, putting the mixture into a molybdenum kettle for hot pressing, and placing the molybdenum kettle in a graphite mold;
b. slowly heating and pressurizing the graphite mould at 100-200 ℃ for 2-4 h to ensure the release of gas in the powder and ensure the drying of the powder;
c. gradually increasing the pressure and the temperature when the gas is completely released;
d. sintering at constant temperature and constant pressure for 8-12 hours under the conditions that the temperature is stabilized at 600-700 ℃ and the pressure is 30-40 Mpa;
e. standing for 10-20 h after constant-temperature and constant-pressure sintering is finished, and forming the aluminum fluoride-based ceramic neutron moderating material;
f. cutting the aluminum fluoride-based ceramic neutron moderating material formed in the step e into moderating bodies by using a linear cutting or water-cooling cutting process;
g. and sleeving the aluminum alloy sleeve into the cut slowing-down body.
Preferably, in the step c, the temperature and pressure increase curve is one of linear, step-like and S-like or a combination of any two of the above.
Preferably, in the step d, the temperature during constant-temperature and constant-pressure sintering is 655 ℃, the pressure is 34Mpa, and the sintering time is 10 hours.
Preferably, in the step e, the standing time is 15 h.
Preferably, in the step f, when water cooling cutting is used, the moderator needs to be vacuumized and dried, and the temperature is not increased to 100 ℃ in the drying process, and the drying time is 24 hours.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages of high density, high hardness and good processing performance of the moderator. LiF, Al and AlF3 are used in a powder formula, a graphite die is used in hot pressing production, and a layer of molybdenum kettle is used for isolating the graphite die from powder needing hot pressing, so that carbon atoms in graphite are prevented from diffusing into ceramic at high temperature and high pressure. The heating and pressurizing are preferably S-shaped curves, and the heating and pressurizing are slowly performed firstly, so that the release of gas in the powder is ensured, and the drying of the powder is ensured. The purpose is to exhaust air and dry firstly, and then ensure the diffusion fully at constant temperature and constant pressure. Heating and pressurizing for about 10 hr, stabilizing at 655 deg.C and 34MPa, standing for 15 hr, and pressing to obtain the final product with density higher than 2.3g/cm 3. Need cooling when using water-cooling cutting process, use water-cooling, but because water infiltration effect, need evacuation drying behind the water-cooling, ensure that the inside absorbed moisture can volatilize, the drying process can suitably be warmed up to no more than 100 ℃. Vacuum drying for 24 hr. If the ceramic is wrapped by the shell, the aluminum alloy material is used and is as thin as possible, so that the influence on neutron performance is minimized. The invention can be used for neutron moderation of boron neutron capture therapy devices (BNCT) to generate an optimal thermal neutron energy spectrum.
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As shown in fig. 1, the aluminum fluoride-based ceramic neutron moderating material comprises the following components in percentage by mass: 0.5-5% of LiF, 15-40% of Al and 345-75% of AlF, and the particle sizes of LiF, Al and AlF3 powder are all less than 2.5 mu m.
A preparation method of an aluminum fluoride-based ceramic neutron moderating material comprises the following steps:
a. mixing LiF, Al and AlF3 powder uniformly according to a proportion, putting the mixture into a molybdenum kettle for hot pressing, and placing the molybdenum kettle in a graphite mold;
b. slowly heating and pressurizing the graphite mould at 100-200 ℃ for 2-4 h to ensure the release of gas in the powder and ensure the drying of the powder;
c. gradually increasing the pressure and the temperature when the gas is completely released;
d. sintering at constant temperature and constant pressure for 8-12 hours under the conditions that the temperature is stabilized at 600-700 ℃ and the pressure is 30-40 Mpa;
e. standing for 10-20 h after constant-temperature and constant-pressure sintering is finished, and forming the aluminum fluoride-based ceramic neutron moderating material;
f. cutting the aluminum fluoride-based ceramic neutron moderating material formed in the step e into moderating bodies by using a linear cutting or water-cooling cutting process;
g. and sleeving the aluminum alloy sleeve into the cut slowing-down body.
Preferably, in the step c, the temperature and pressure increase curve is one of linear, step-like and S-like or a combination of any two of the above.
Preferably, in the step d, the temperature during constant-temperature and constant-pressure sintering is 655 ℃, the pressure is 34Mpa, and the sintering time is 10 hours. Sintering for 10 hours at constant temperature and constant pressure. If the sintering time is too short, the crystal bond is not tightly bonded, the hardness of the ceramic is not high enough, and ash falling may occur. Sufficient diffusion and bonding is generally ensured over 5 hours, and the increase in pressure makes up for the lack of time.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the graph of the present invention shows an example of the heating and pressurizing curves, wherein the curve with a higher node density is a pressure curve, the curve with a lower node density is a temperature curve, the temperature curve in fig. 1 is linear, the pressure curve is S-shaped, the temperature curve in fig. 2 is step-shaped, and the pressure curve is S-shaped.
Preferably, in the step e, the standing time is 15 h.
Preferably, in the step f, when water cooling cutting is used, the moderator needs to be vacuumized and dried, and the temperature is not increased to 100 ℃ in the drying process, and the drying time is 24 hours.
The aluminum fluoride-based ceramic neutron moderating material and the preparation method thereof can ensure that the moderating body has high density, high hardness and good processing performance. LiF, Al and AlF3 are used in a powder formula, a graphite die is used in hot pressing production, and a layer of molybdenum kettle is used for isolating the graphite die from powder needing hot pressing, so that carbon atoms in graphite are prevented from diffusing into ceramic at high temperature and high pressure. The heating and pressurizing are preferably S-shaped curves, and the heating and pressurizing are slowly performed firstly, so that the release of gas in the powder is ensured, and the drying of the powder is ensured. The purpose is to exhaust air and dry firstly, and then ensure the diffusion fully at constant temperature and constant pressure. Heating and pressurizing for about 10 hr, stabilizing at 655 deg.C and 34MPa, standing for 15 hr, and pressing to obtain the final product with density higher than 2.3g/cm 3. Need cooling when using water-cooling cutting process, use water-cooling, but because water infiltration effect, need evacuation drying behind the water-cooling, ensure that the inside absorbed moisture can volatilize, the drying process can suitably be warmed up to no more than 100 ℃. Vacuum drying for 24 hr. If the ceramic is wrapped by the shell, the aluminum alloy material is used and is as thin as possible, so that the influence on neutron performance is minimized. The invention can be used for neutron moderation of boron neutron capture therapy devices (BNCT) to generate an optimal thermal neutron energy spectrum.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the protection scope of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and all technical solutions belonging to the idea of the present invention belong to the protection scope of the present invention. It should be noted that modifications and embellishments within the scope of the invention may occur to those skilled in the art without departing from the principle of the invention, and are considered to be within the scope of the invention.

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1. The aluminum fluoride-based ceramic neutron moderating material is characterized by comprising the following components in percentage by mass: 0.5-5% of LiF, 15-40% of Al and AlF3 45-75%, and the particle sizes of LiF, Al and AlF3 powder are all less than2.5μm。
2. A preparation method of an aluminum fluoride-based ceramic neutron moderating material is characterized by comprising the following steps:
a. LiF, Al and AlF3Uniformly mixing the powder according to a proportion, putting the powder into a molybdenum kettle for hot pressing, and placing the molybdenum kettle in a graphite mold;
b. slowly heating and pressurizing the graphite mould at 100-200 ℃ for 2-4 h to ensure the release of gas in the powder and ensure the drying of the powder;
c. gradually increasing the pressure and the temperature when the gas is completely released;
d. sintering at constant temperature and constant pressure for 8-12 hours under the conditions that the temperature is stabilized at 600-700 ℃ and the pressure is 30-40 Mpa;
e. standing for 10-20 h after constant-temperature and constant-pressure sintering is finished, and forming the aluminum fluoride-based ceramic neutron moderating material;
f. cutting the aluminum fluoride-based ceramic neutron moderating material formed in the step e into moderating bodies by using a linear cutting or water-cooling cutting process;
g. and sleeving the aluminum alloy sleeve into the cut slowing-down body.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the method comprises: in the step c, the increasing curves of the temperature and the pressure are one of linear, step-like and S-like or a combination of any two of the above.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein the method comprises: in the step d, the temperature is 655 ℃ and the pressure is 34Mpa when constant temperature and pressure sintering is carried out, and the sintering time is 10 h.
5. The method of claim 2, wherein the method comprises: and in the step e, the standing time is 15 h.
6. The method of claim 2, wherein the method comprises: in the step f, when water cooling cutting is used, vacuumizing and drying are needed for the moderator, the temperature is not higher than 100 ℃ in the drying process, and the drying time is 24 hours.
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