CN2589975Y - neutron diffraction tomography device - Google Patents

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CN2589975Y
CN2589975Y CN02283443U CN02283443U CN2589975Y CN 2589975 Y CN2589975 Y CN 2589975Y CN 02283443 U CN02283443 U CN 02283443U CN 02283443 U CN02283443 U CN 02283443U CN 2589975 Y CN2589975 Y CN 2589975Y
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A neutron diffraction chromatographic imaging device comprises a rotating platform, a scintillator, an aluminum mirror, a CCD camera, a computer and a camera bellows, wherein the scintillator, the aluminum mirror and the CCD camera are placed in the camera bellows, a neutron beam enters a sample placed on the rotating platform, neutrons are vertically incident by diffraction neutrons generated by the sample, are received by the scintillator, are converted into visible light containing sample information, are reflected by the aluminum mirror to enter the CCD camera, and are converted into the computer after being digitized, and the neutron diffraction chromatographic imaging device is characterized in that: before the platform is rotated, a monochromatic focuser consisting of monocrystalline aluminum and monocrystalline aluminum with certain curvature which are vertically arranged is also arranged. The utility model discloses the device has the advantage of neutron diffraction and neutron chromatography concurrently, can reconstruct the three-dimensional space distribution of the element that awaits measuring in the sample that awaits measuring with high resolution, especially can test and distinguish the spatial structure of the very close element of absorption coefficient.

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The neutron diffraction laminated imaging device
Technical field:
The utility model relates to the neutron diffraction imaging technique, particularly a kind of neutron diffraction laminated imaging device.
Background technology:
In recent years, along with the continuous development of nuclear reactor art and accelerator neutron technology, neutron has obtained in a lot of fields to use very widely, particularly neutron chromatography imaging technique and neutron diffraction technology,, can be used to study the three-dimensional structure of object as a kind of effective tool of nondestructive test.
1. neutron diffraction imaging technique
Neutron or other any radiation source with fluctuation property as long as its wavelength and interatomic spacing are magnitudes, can both be studied the spatial disposition of atom in the solid with diffraction characteristic.
It is simple but Bragg equation or " reflection " law of crystal diffraction fundamental relation can be described that Britain physicist cloth loudspeaker lattice fathers and sons has derived form.According to the proof of cloth loudspeaker lattice, the diffraction phenomena of crystal can be regarded as result by " direct reflection " of some crystal face of crystal.But be not crystal face arbitrarily, and crystal face only in this way: when the interplanar distance d of it and the formed angle θ of incident ray and this crystal face and incident ray wavelength X accord with following formula, could produce reflection:
2dsinθ=nλ
In the formula, n is any positive integer, is called diffraction progression.
Here it is famous Bragg equation.Therefore, realize that the whole bag of tricks of diffraction all is in experiment, manage to change continuously wavelength X or θ angle, satisfy the requirement of diffraction geometry, to reach the purpose that produces diffraction.
Neutron diffraction is mainly used and can be divided into 3 classes:
(1) solid structure research, purpose is to determine the position of light atom, especially hydrogen atoms.
(2) require those very close atoms of difference atomic number, they are very similar to the X ray scattering amplitude, adopt X-ray diffraction to be difficult to distinguish the big molecule of biological example etc.
(3) magnetic material research, the additional scattering that can produce neutron for atom with magnetic moment.
The diffraction imaging technology is strong tool in the material science, has now obtained the whole world and has generally acknowledged and application widely.In history, Cobastab 12With the structure of DXA be exactly [referring to the technology formerly: Hodgkin D.C., Pickworth J, et a1.Nature (London), 1955,176 (4477): 325~328] found by diffraction imaging.
The experimental provision of neutron diffraction:
Experimental provision as shown in Figure 1.
The neutron beam 1 that penetrates from collimator 9 of reactor is incident upon on the monochromating crystal 13, isolate with heavy screen 10 and reactor around the crystal 13, only some neutron is selected in the very narrow wave zone, behind boron pipe 14, be used for shining sample 2, sample 2 places on the rotatable platform 3, is detected with boron trifluoride direct ratio counter 15 (or He-3 counter tube) by the neutron beam of sample 2 diffraction.Boracic paraffin layer 11 is used for intercept neutrons, and lead shield 12 is used for absorbing gamma-rays.
Adopt the method for neutron diffraction, can be applicable to pulverous polycrystalline sample, also can be applicable to liquid or monocrystal.For the polycrystalline sample, no matter how sample rotates, always each bar diffracted ray exists, this requires to maintain a certain distance between the sample sum counter.When the research single crystal samples, can be placed in counter from the very near place of sample.
The shortcoming of said method is: the distributed in three dimensions that can not provide element in the sample.
2. neutron tomography
When neutron beam by attenuation coefficient mu, when thickness is the medium of l, Bill is followed in its decay
I=I 0Exp (μ l) is law (Beer)
When object when the projecting direction attenuation coefficient is inhomogeneous, line integral should be arranged: I = I 0 exp [ - ∫ - ∞ + ∞ μ ( l ) dl ]
When medium not only at projecting direction, and when the vertical direction of projection was also inhomogeneous, following formula became I φ ( χ r ) = I 0 exp [ - ∫ - ∞ + ∞ μ ( χ r , y r ) dy r ] λ φ = - ln I φ ( χ r ) I 0 = ∫ μ ( χ r , y r ) dy r
Taken the logarithm in the following formula both sides, make the equation linearization, obtain new function:
The chromatography task is exactly with measured λ φ(x r) remove to obtain μ (x r, y r) distribution.Effort through several algebraists has developed various methods.Usually carry out image restoration with following two kinds of methods:
Δ algebraic approach: comprise process of iteration, return sciagraphy
Δ analytical method: comprise that La Dongfa, Fourier filtering method, convolution method, filtering returns sciagraphy etc.
An interesting phenomenon is, the absorption coefficient of hard X ray constantly increases along with the increase of atomic number, neutron beam but can not, except that several elements, beyond hydrogen, lithium, boron, cadmium, the absorption coefficient of neutron is well below hard X ray.Table 1 has been listed the percent transmission of several common elements.Table 1
Material Transmission percentage
Neutron (λ=0.108nm) X ray (λ=0.154nm)
6.3mm 6.3mm 0.1mm
The plumbous graphite calcium fluoride (monocrystalline) of aluminum bronze cadmium 94 67 0 84 80 97 0 0 0 0 1/4 0 27 1 0 0 90 5
As can be seen from the above table, for most of heavy metal, the X ray penetration depth is restricted, and neutron really fully develops talents, and from certain meaning, neutron chromatography and X ray chromatography are to replenish mutually.What will propose especially is that protium has bigger absorption to neutron.Therefore, the neutron chromatography is to the detection of some hydrogeneous organic materials, very sensitive as the O-ring seal in: lubricating oil, plastics, the metal shell etc., to some complexity, require very harsh, be used on the automobile industry and the large-scale heavy metal element of aerospace industry, the neutron chromatography is also very valuable.
Neutron chromatography experimental provision
The experimental provision synoptic diagram as shown in Figure 2, parallel neutron beam 1 incides on the sample 2, sample 2 places on the rotatable platform 3, neutron is used scintillator 4[Z after absorption of sample nS (Ag)- 6ZiF] projection value under the recorder different angles.Neutron of every incident, scintillator 4 will be converted to the cascade photon, reflex on the CCD camera 6 through aluminium mirror 5 then, being input to computing machine 8 gets on, read after the signal that comes from the CCD camera 6 when computing machine, control rotatable platform 3 rotates an angle, carries out the exposure of next round neutron beam.For fear of the influence of scattered light to CCD, scintillator 4, aluminium mirror 5 and CCD camera 6 all are placed in the camera bellows 7.
After obtaining enough data for projection, computing machine will provide the whole sample image [referring to technology: S.Koerner formerly, B.Schillinger, et al., " A neutron to mography facilityat a low power researcu reactor ", Nuclear Instruments ﹠amp; Methods inPhysics Research, 2001, A471,69-74.]
The disadvantage of this chromatography is:
(1) can not provide the three-dimensional spatial distribution of certain element-specific in the sample;
(2) if two elements that absorption coefficient is close, this method is difficult to differentiate, for example for the test of biological tissue, poor contrast, resolution is low.
The utility model content:
The technical problems to be solved in the utility model is, overcome the defective of above-mentioned prior art, propose a kind of neutron diffraction laminated imaging device, the three-dimensional structure and the distribution reconstruct thereof of biological tissue that can be with sensitivity that element undetermined, particularly absorption coefficient is close are come out.Technical solution of the present utility model is as follows:
A kind of neutron diffraction laminated imaging device comprises rotatable platform, scintillator, and the aluminium mirror, the CCD camera, computing machine and camera bellows, said scintillator, aluminium mirror and CCD camera are placed in the camera bellows.Neutron beam incides on the sample that is placed on the rotatable platform, and neutron is received by scintillator by the diffraction neutron vertical incidence that sample produces, be converted into the visible light that contains sample message, entered on the CCD camera by the aluminium mirror reflection, be transferred to computing machine after the digitizing, be characterized in:
1. before rotatable platform, also be provided with the monochromatic focuser that constitutes by aluminum single crystal orthogonal placement, that have certain curvature and aluminum single crystal.
2. the step motor of described rotatable platform is subjected to the instruction of computing machine and rotates, and drives rotatable platform rotation or upper and lower motion.
Above-mentioned neutron diffraction laminated imaging device, the range of curvature radius that it is characterized in that described aluminum single crystal and aluminum single crystal is 50~100m.
Above-mentioned neutron diffraction laminated imaging device, it is characterized in that described CCD camera is placed in the liquid nitrogen cools off.
Above-mentioned neutron diffraction laminated imaging device is characterized in that described aluminium mirror is on the aluminium film of 2mm glass substrate, is coated with layer protecting film and forms.
Above-mentioned neutron diffraction laminated imaging device is characterized in that described neutron beam is from the radiation of fission reactor neutron source, and the neutron of outgoing in collimating apparatus, and this collimating apparatus is that a steel box or the steel cylinder with rectangle or round section constitutes.
Above-mentioned neutron diffraction laminated imaging device, it is characterized in that the length L of described collimating apparatus and bore D than L/D ≈ 100.
Significant advantage of the present utility model:
(1) the neutron diffraction tomography has had both the advantage separately of diffraction and chromatography, the three-dimensional spatial distribution of energy high resolving power ground reconstruct element to be measured.
(2) can test and differentiate the space structure of the very close element of absorption coefficient, this point is very estimable.This is highly beneficial for biological tissue.
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Fig. 1 is the neutron chromatographic apparatus synoptic diagram in the technology formerly
Fig. 2 is the neutron diffraction equipment schematic diagram in the technology formerly
Fig. 3 is the utility model neutron diffraction laminated imaging device synoptic diagram
Embodiment:
See also Fig. 3 earlier.As seen from the figure, the utility model neutron diffraction laminated imaging device is by neutron beam 1, aluminum single crystal 16,17, and rotatable platform 3, scintillator 4, aluminium mirror 5, CCD camera 6, computing machine 8, camera bellows 7 is formed.
Parallel neutron beam 1 is after the monochromatic focuser monochromatization that a pair of aluminum single crystal 16,17 forms, incide on the sample 2 that is placed on the rotatable platform 3, neutron by the sample diffraction after, the scintillator 4 that diffracted signal is placed in the camera bellows 7 receives, and change into the visible light that contains sample message, entered on the CCD camera 6 by 5 reflections of aluminium mirror, digitizing is input to later on the computing machine 8, carries out computer digit reconstruct.
Said neutron beam 1 is from the radiation of fission reactor neutron source, and through the neutron of collimating apparatus outgoing.This fission reactor neutron source is that fissioners such as uranium and plutonium are made fuel, and is media with the neutron, keeps the device of controlled chain reaction of nuclear fission, is called fission reactor, and this device can obtain high-throughout neutron irradiation, can reach 10 13~10 20Neutron number/second can long-time running, and by a steel box or a steel cylinder collimation with rectangle or round section, the neutron of outgoing from collimating apparatus, as long as its divergence equals the ratio of aperture and length, obviously the reduced bore, increase length and can improve divergence greatly, obtain the quasi-parallel neutron beam.
Said aluminum single crystal 16 and aluminum single crystal 17, their mutual group monochromatizing focusers, owing to have certain curvature, therefore its R=100m, had both had dispersion interaction, and focusing function is arranged again, these two orthogonal placements of aluminum single crystal.During 16 one-tenth grazing angle θ of parallel incident neutron bundle 1 and aluminum single crystal, produce bragg reflection, when aluminum single crystal 17 during with aluminum single crystal 16 vertical placement, it can become a focus with the line that aluminum single crystal 16 focuses on, i.e. the astigmatism of usefulness aluminum single crystal 17 correction aluminum single crystals 16.Monochromatic neutron beam enters into after the testing sample 2, and the diffraction that has only specific incident angle θ just to satisfy cloth loudspeaker lattice formula is strengthened.Therefore,, can select different elements in the sample, carry out tomography by the selection of incident angle θ.
Said rotatable platform 3 is subjected to the driving of a step motor, can move up and down and rotatablely move, and testing sample 2 is placed on this rotatable platform 3 and also can moves up and down and rotatablely move.
Said scintillator 4 is ZnS (Ag)-LiF.Because neutron can not directly cause the ionization of atom in material, there is not electric current output, so adopt ZnS (Ag)-LiF in the utility model.The diffraction neutron beam that produces in the sample 2 impinges perpendicularly on the screen of scintillator 4, and each neutron produces the cascade optical photon.
Said aluminium mirror 5 is used for the visible light of scintillator 4 generations is reflexed on the CCD camera 6, and CCD camera 6 is commerce CCD.
One quasi-parallel neutron beam 1 incides on the sample 2 that is placed on the rotatable platform 3 after aluminum single crystal 16,17 focusing and monochromatization, has only incident angle θ to satisfy the neutron beam of the cloth loudspeaker lattice formula of element to be measured, could obtain diffraction and strengthen.The neutron of diffraction is received by scintillator 4, and changes into the visible light that contains sample message, reflexes to through aluminium mirror 5 to be placed on the CCD camera 6 that cools off in the liquid nitrogen, is input to after the digitizing on the computing machine 8.When computing machine is received signal, send step motor to, drive rotatable platform 3 exposes automatically next time, up to finishing one-period, promptly on a section, finish the sampling in 0~180 °, afterwards rotatable platform is driven sample and do motion up or down, enter another section, repeat above-mentioned test, carry out digital reconstruction at last, obtain the three-dimensional distribution map of various elements.
By the selection of incident angle θ, can select that different elements carry out tomography in the sample 2.
The diffraction neutron beam that produces in the sample 2 impinges perpendicularly on the screen of scintillator 4, scintillator be ZnS (Ag)- 6LiF.Each neutron produces cascade optical photon, reflexes on the CCD camera 6 through aluminium mirror 5, and the aluminium mirror is to select thickly to make the sheet base for the glass plate of 2mm; on the aluminium film, be coated with layer protecting film; select the purpose of aluminium mirror to be, do not allow neutron beam be directly incident on the chip of CCD camera 6, in order to avoid chip is damaged.In order to reduce the dark current of CCD camera 6, put it in the liquid nitrogen and cool off, this is extremely important for the experiment of using low neutron flux, time exposure, scintillater 4, aluminium mirror 5 and CCD camera 6 will be placed in the magazine 7, in order to avoid spuious visible light influences test data.Rotate rotatable platform 3, record after the diffraction peak of each element to be measured, be reconstructed with regard to available computers.
In the utility model, the neutron diffraction chromatographic imaging system also can be used for carrying out neutron diffraction and the research of neutron tomography, there is very application prospects in this system at aspects such as biomedicine, material structure, archaeology, space flight and aviation, cosmochemistry and weapon industries, this new technology, new method provide a strong tool for people explore the new natural law.

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1. a neutron diffraction laminated imaging device comprises rotatable platform (3), scintillator (4), and aluminium mirror (5), CCD camera (6), computing machine (8) camera bellows (7), said scintillator (4), aluminium mirror (5) and CCD camera (6) are placed in the camera bellows (7).Neutron beam (1) incides on the sample (2) that is placed on the rotatable platform (3), the diffraction neutron vertical incidence that neutron is produced by sample (2), received by scintillator (4), be converted into the visible light that contains sample message, entered on the CCD camera (6) by aluminium mirror (5) reflection, be transferred to computing machine (8) after the digitizing, it is characterized in that:
1. before, also be provided with the monochromatic focuser that constitutes by aluminum single crystal orthogonal placement, that have certain curvature (16) and aluminum single crystal (17) at rotatable platform (3).
The step motor of 2. described rotatable platform (3) is subjected to the instruction of computing machine (8) and rotates, and drives rotatable platform (3) rotation or upper and lower motion.
2. neutron diffraction laminated imaging device according to claim 1 is characterized in that the range of curvature radius of described aluminum single crystal (16) and aluminum single crystal (17) is 50 ~ 100m.
3. neutron diffraction laminated imaging device according to claim 1, it is characterized in that described CCD camera (6) is placed in the liquid nitrogen cools off.
4. neutron diffraction laminated imaging device according to claim 1 is characterized in that described aluminium mirror (5) is on the aluminium film of 2mm glass substrate, is coated with layer protecting film and forms.
5. neutron diffraction laminated imaging device according to claim 1, it is characterized in that described neutron beam (1) is from the radiation of fission reactor neutron source, and the neutron of outgoing in collimating apparatus, this collimating apparatus is that a steel box or the steel cylinder with rectangle or round section constitutes.
6. neutron diffraction laminated imaging device according to claim 5, it is characterized in that the length L of described collimating apparatus and bore D than L/D ≈ 100.
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