Strain and Residual Stress Analysis on Technical Components using X-rays, Synchrotron X-Rays and Neutrons

Bimodal Imaging Using Neutrons and X-rays

Experiments that combines the information from two different radiation sources can provide more information than experiments using single radiation sources. This claim was confirmed using the bimodal installation at the thermal neutron imaging beamline NEUTRA at Paul Scherrer Institut. This installation is equipped with a 60-320kV X-ray source and is used for mid-sized samples. The combination ...

On the reflectivity of polymers: Neutrons and X-rays

Over the last few years reflectivity methods have emerged as key tools for the investigation of polymer surfaces and interfaces. The high spatial resolution of these techniques, of the order of 5 A, has provided a means of probing density gradients in polymers on a submolecular level. This resolution, coupled with selective labeling of all or parts of polymer chains has permitted the examinatio...

Characterizing Phase Transformations and Their Effects on Ferritic Weld Residual Stresses with X-rays and Neutrons

Weld residual stresses often approach, or exceed, the yield strength of the material, with serious implications for the integrity of engineering structures. It is not always feasible to measure residual stresses, so integrity assessments often rely heavily on numerical models. In ferritic steels, the credibility of such models depends on their ability to account for solid-state phase transforma...

The political and economic complementarity of neutrons and x-rays

Debye Waller Factors and Lamb Factors in the Scattering of X-rays, -rays and Thermal Neutrons

The paper reviews the applicability of Debye-Waller factors and of Lamb factors to the non-resonant and resonant elastic scattering of X-rays, gamma-rays and thermal neutrons, emphasizing temporal aspects in the interactions. The influence of static disorder upon elastic scattering, in particular upon resonance scattering, is likewise treated. The scattering of X-rays, y-rays and thermal neutro...