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Understanding Neutron Radiography

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4.2 System Performance Standards<br />

Standards for neutron radiography system performance are written by the<br />

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) , subcommittee<br />

E07.05 on neutron radiography and gaging. There are three ASTM<br />

standards applicable to neutron radiography, as listed below.<br />

1. E545 - Standard Method for Determining image quality in thermal neutron<br />

radiographic testing<br />

2. E748 - Standard Practices for Thermal neutron radiography of materials.<br />

3. E803 - Standard Method for Determining the l/d ratio of neutron<br />

radiography beams.<br />

These documents deal with standardization from two viewpoints. E748<br />

provides the basis for good working practices which lead to the production<br />

of high quality radiographs. E545 and E803 provide detailed methods for<br />

measuring the quality obtained from good facility design and good working<br />

practice. In both E545 and E803 the results can be quantified and<br />

assigned a numerical figure of merit.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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