Analysis and Mapping of Detailed Inner Information of Crystalline Grain by Wavelength-Resolved Neutron Transmission Imaging with Individual Bragg-Dip Profile-Fitting Analysis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Time-of-Flight Neutron Transmission Imaging Experiment
2.1. Sample
2.2. Experimental
3. Single Bragg-Dip Profile-Fitting Analysis Method
3.1. Crystallographic Information Obtained from a Bragg-Dip Profile
3.2. Profile-Fitting Function
3.3. Principle of Extinction Effects
4. Imaging of Bragg-Dip Profiles and Evaluation of Detailed Inner-Grain Information
4.1. Measured Neutron Transmission Spectra of Three Evaluated Grains
4.2. Imaging of Appearance Wavelength of Bragg-Dip and Evaluation of Small Change in Crystal Orientation in a Grain
4.3. Imaging of Width (FWHM) of Bragg-Dip and Identification of Grains with Small Orientation Differences
4.3.1. Mosaic Block Detection through the Observation of Bragg-Dip Broadening
4.3.2. Different Crystalline Grain Detection through the Observation of Bragg-Dip Split
4.4. Imaging of Integrated Intensity of Bragg-Dip
4.4.1. Crystal Thickness Evaluation from the Integrated Intensity of Bragg-Dip
4.4.2. Extinction and Mosaicity Evaluation from the Integrated Intensity of Bragg-Dip
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sakurai, Y.; Sato, H.; Adachi, N.; Morooka, S.; Todaka, Y.; Kamiyama, T. Analysis and Mapping of Detailed Inner Information of Crystalline Grain by Wavelength-Resolved Neutron Transmission Imaging with Individual Bragg-Dip Profile-Fitting Analysis. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 5219. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11115219
Sakurai Y, Sato H, Adachi N, Morooka S, Todaka Y, Kamiyama T. Analysis and Mapping of Detailed Inner Information of Crystalline Grain by Wavelength-Resolved Neutron Transmission Imaging with Individual Bragg-Dip Profile-Fitting Analysis. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11(11):5219. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11115219
Chicago/Turabian StyleSakurai, Yosuke, Hirotaka Sato, Nozomu Adachi, Satoshi Morooka, Yoshikazu Todaka, and Takashi Kamiyama. 2021. "Analysis and Mapping of Detailed Inner Information of Crystalline Grain by Wavelength-Resolved Neutron Transmission Imaging with Individual Bragg-Dip Profile-Fitting Analysis" Applied Sciences 11, no. 11: 5219. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11115219