An alternative simple method to evaluate the L/D ratio of neutron imaging beams is proposed. It is based on the behavior of the ratio "x/Ut", which asymptotically tends to L/D for large values of the parameter "x", that corresponds to the distance separating a gadolinium test object to the scintillator plane, where its image is formed.The method was applied to the neutron imaging equipment of the Nuclear and Energy Research Institute IPEN-CNEN/SP and the obtained result was L/D = (104 ± 4). The consistency of the proposed method was verified by comparing this value with those ones obtained by a well -known and established procedure.
The present paper describes a radiography technique to inspect low thickness samples, on the order of micra. The penetrating radiation are charged particles generated by a lithium fluoride screen irradiated by thermal neutrons. The film used to register the images is a solid state nuclear track detector and the experimental conditions to obtain the best radiography are provided. A digital system for data acquisition and image processing was also used.
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