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J Appl Crystallogr. 2016 Jun 09;49:1130-1140. doi: 10.1107/S1600576716006725. eCollection 2016 Aug 01.

Investigation of dissimilar metal welds by energy-resolved neutron imaging.

Journal of applied crystallography

Anton S Tremsin, Supriyo Ganguly, Sonia M Meco, Goncalo R Pardal, Takenao Shinohara, W Bruce Feller

Affiliations

  1. Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley , 7 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
  2. Cranfield University , Cranfield, Bedfordshire MK43 0AL, England.
  3. Japan Atomic Energy Agency , 2-4 Shirakata-shirane Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki, 319-1195, Japan.
  4. NOVA Scientific Inc. , 10 Picker Road, Sturbridge, MA 01566, USA.

PMID: 27504075 PMCID: PMC4970494 DOI: 10.1107/S1600576716006725

Abstract

A nondestructive study of the internal structure and compositional gradient of dissimilar metal-alloy welds through energy-resolved neutron imaging is described in this paper. The ability of neutrons to penetrate thick metal objects (up to several cm) provides a unique possibility to examine samples which are opaque to other conventional techniques. The presence of Bragg edges in the measured neutron transmission spectra can be used to characterize the internal residual strain within the samples and some microstructural features,

Keywords: dissimilar joining; laser welding; microstructure; neutron imaging; nondestructive testing

References

  1. Appl Radiat Isot. 2004 Oct;61(4):701-5 - PubMed

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