Understanding Neutron Radiography

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■ Gadolinium Direct Exposures The most widely used detection method for industrial neutron radiography is the direct exposure technique with a gadolinium conversion screen. A typical arrangement is a single 25.4 μm (0.001 in.) thick gadolinium metal foil in a back screen configuration. In this case it is desirable to use a single emulsion film (as opposed to normal, double emulsion X-ray film). The low-energy internal conversion electrons emitted from the gadolinium upon neutron bombardment essentially expose only the emulsion facing the gadolinium. The elimination of the second film emulsion, therefore, reduces the detector response to thermal neutrons only slightly while substantially reducing the detector response to the gamma or X-radiation components of the radiation beam. Slow speed X-ray films with single emulsions are available from several manufacturers. Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang
■ Exposures, Contrast, Resolution A typical thermal neutron exposure for a slow, single-emulsion, X-ray film and a single gadolinium conversion screen is about 3 X 109 n/cm2 . This can be reduced to about 108 n/cm2 for a fast X-ray film. In addition, some increase in speed can be obtained by using double gadolinium screens (a 6 μm front screen and a 50 μm thick back screen combination has provided good results) or a rhodium-gadolinium converter screen combination with double emulsion films. The single gadolinium conversion method has provided excellent spatial resolution in thermal neutron radiographs. An experimental spatial resolution value of 10 μm has been reported, in reasonable agreement with theoretical analyses. The contrast capability of the direct exposure method is usually somewhat poorer than that of the transfer method, because fogging radiation is often present. A typical thickness sensitivity for 25 mm steel or uranium objects is 2 percent. Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang
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Reading I SECTION 12-Neutron Radiog
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PART 1 PRINCIPLES OF NEUTRON RADIOG
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Neutron Radiography There is a mark
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Radioactive Objects An additional a
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lmaging Neutron radiographs usually
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Photoneutrons The necessary energy
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Thermal Neutrons “Produced by slo
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FIGURE 2. Neutron Radiographs of Hi
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