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SEMINAR: Archaeology Seminar Series

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Today's date is Friday, March 29, 2024
Archaeology Seminar Series : Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) neutron facility Other events...
Neutron-imaging (NI) has been established as a non-destructive technique which can be applied from fundamental research to industry. In particular, radiography results in a two-dimensional image of the sample studied and, if time resolved, can visualize dynamic processes. Tomography provides three-dimensional information through a reconstruction of macroscopic cross sections of the object under investigation. As attenuation coefficients differ from X-ray to neutron for the same element, NI can produce complementary data. Whereas X-rays are more suitable to investigate dense materials inside light ones, neutrons are able to detect light elements such as hydrogen, carbon, and nitrogen, embedded into metallic or ceramic objects. Additionally, the high penetration depth of neutrons allows studying large samples of some materials, with volumes of up to 100 cm3 at medium resolutions. These unique properties have raise interest in the application of NI in different fields of scientific research; i.e. the visualisation of fluid uptake and flow in natural building stones and sedimentary rocks, quality control on pyrotechnic devices like detonators, the characterization of ancient manufacturing techniques from Museum objects, etc. Recently, a neutron imaging beam-line DINGO has become operative at the Australian neutron research facility based on the OPAL research reactor at ANSTO (Lucas Height)). Classical applications of neutron imaging conducted at international facilities will be shown and results from samples investigated on DINGO will be presented.
Speaker(s) Floriana Salvemini and Vladimir Luzin
Location Social Sciences, Lecture Room 1 (G28)
Contact Karen Eichorn <[email protected]> : 64883448
Start Thu, 03 Sep 2015 16:00
End Thu, 03 Sep 2015 17:00
Submitted by Karen Eichorn <[email protected]>
Last Updated Thu, 03 Sep 2015 16:40
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