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Basic Principles of Thermal Neutron Radiography

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Neutron Radiography

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This review concentrates on the basic principles of radiography with beams of thermal neutrons. First, the principles of neutron beam production are discussed since the generation of a ‘radiographic quality’ beam is of primary importance whatever the neutron source or image detector available. This is followed by a summary of the neutron sources available for radiography to highlight the basic principles involved and their advantages and disadvantages in this application. The various image detectors available are then discussed with emphasis on screen-film detectors as these are by far the most widely used in thermal neutron radiography at present.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK

    M. R. Hawkesworth & J. Walker

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  1. Neutron Radiography Consulting, P.O. Box 206, La Jolla, California, USA

    John P. Barton

  2. C.E.C., Joint Research Centre, Box 2, 1755 ZG, Petten Establishment, Petten, The Netherlands

    Peter von der Hardt

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Hawkesworth, M.R., Walker, J. (1983). Basic Principles of Thermal Neutron Radiography. In: Barton, J.P., von der Hardt, P. (eds) Neutron Radiography. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7043-4_2

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