Alignment and Calibration Procedures of the Necsa Neutron Strain Scanner

Alignment and Calibration Procedures of the Necsa Neutron Strain Scanner

D. Marais, A.M. Venter, V. Luzin

The alignment and calibration of neutron strain instruments directly affect the reliability and accuracy of neutron stress experiments. Procedures for the purpose of instrument optimization and characterization were established at Necsa’s angular dispersive neutron strain scanner but may also be applicable to other diffraction instruments. Attention is given to the following aspects: sample table center of rotation, horizontally focusable multi-wafer silicon single crystal monochromator, neutron area detector offset and the instrument gauge volume.

Keywords
Neutron Diffraction Instrument, Strain Scanner, Alignment and Calibration

Published online 4/20/2018, 6 pages
Copyright © 2018 by the author(s)
Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA

Citation: D. Marais, A.M. Venter, V. Luzin, ‘Alignment and Calibration Procedures of the Necsa Neutron Strain Scanner’, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 4, pp 143-148, 2018

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21741/9781945291678-22

The article was published as article 22 of the book

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