Recently, several studies have focused on the crystallographic texture of bivalve mollusc shells. Unfortunately, these investigations have been limited to the local level. We demonstrate the similarities and differences between the texture measured over the whole shell and that measured over a small part of a shell. An analysis of the global crystallographic texture of bivalve mollusc shells of different genera was carried out using time-of-flight neutron diffraction. The reason for this analysis was to determine whether the crystallographic texture character was similar within the class Bivalvia. It was observed that the shells of mollusc species of the genus Mytilus consist of two phases, calcite and aragonite. Ostrea edulis shells consist of almost pure calcite, whereas Mya arenaria shells consist of almost pure aragonite. It was concluded that the character of the global textures of the different phases in the same shells is different. The advantages of characterisation of the global crystallographic texture are also discussed.
A neutron radiography and tomography facility have been developed recently at the IBR-2 high flux pulsed reactor. The facility is operated with the CCD-camera based detector having maximal field of view of 20x20 cm, and the L/D ratio can be varied in the range 200 -2000. The first results of the radiography and tomography experiments with industrial materials and products, paleontological and geophysical objects, meteorites, are presented.
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