Wavelength-Resolved Neutron Imaging on IMAT

Wavelength-Resolved Neutron Imaging on IMAT

W. Kockelmann, T. Minniti, R. Ramadhan, R. Ziesche, D.E. Pooley, S.C. Capelli, D. Glaser, A.S. Tremsin

Abstract. The IMAT project is now well into its commissioning phase, and a user programme for neutron imaging has started on the new instrument at ISIS TS2. The performance parameters for white-beam tomography and energy-dispersive neutron imaging had been determined earlier. Here we report on a further evaluation of the wavelength-resolving imaging options on IMAT, including selection of neutron wavelength bands using disk choppers as well as energy-dispersive Bragg edge imaging using time-resolving detectors. We review the instrument parameters of IMAT relevant for energy-resolved imaging, and present one example of residual strain imaging.

Keywords
Neutron Imaging, Neutron Radiography, Wavelength-Resolved Imaging, Energy-Selective, Energy-Dispersive, Time of Flight, Bragg Edge

Published online 1/5/2020, 6 pages
Copyright © 2020 by the author(s)
Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA

Citation: W. Kockelmann, T. Minniti, R. Ramadhan, R. Ziesche, D.E. Pooley, S.C. Capelli, D. Glaser, A.S. Tremsin, Wavelength-Resolved Neutron Imaging on IMAT, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 15, pp 29-34, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644900574-5

The article was published as article 5 of the book Neutron Radiography

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