| Autor: |
Weick S; Institute for Applied Materials-Applied Materials Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany., Grosse M; Institute for Applied Materials-Applied Materials Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Materials (Basel, Switzerland) [Materials (Basel)] 2024 Feb 06; Vol. 17 (4). Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 06. |
| DOI: |
10.3390/ma17040781 |
| Abstrakt: |
Neutrons interact with the magnetic moment of the atomic shell of an atom, as is common for X-rays, but mainly they interact directly with the nucleus. Therefore, the atomic number and the related number of electrons does not play a role in the strength of an interaction. Instead, hydrogen that is nearly invisible for X-rays has a higher attenuation for neutrons than most of the metals, e.g., zirconium, and thus would be visible through dark contrast in neutron images. Consequently, neutron imaging is a precise, non-destructive method to quantify the amount of hydrogen in materials with low attenuation. Because nuclear fuel cladding tubes of light water reactors are made of zirconium (98%), the hydrogen amount and distribution in metallic claddings can be investigated. Even hydrogen concentrations smaller than 10 wt.ppm can be determined locally with a spatial resolution of less than 10 μm (with a high-resolution neutron microscope). All in all, neutron imaging is a very fast and precise method for several applications. This article explains the basics of neutron imaging and provides samples of investigation possibilities, e.g., for hydrogen in zirconium alloy cladding tubes or in situ investigations of hydrogen diffusion in metals. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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