Conveners
Neutron Imaging I: Radiography and Tomography I
- Kilian Anheuser (MEG - Musée d'ethnographie de Genève)
- Burkhard Schillinger
- David Mannes (Paul Scherrer Institut)
Dr
David Mannes
(Paul Scherrer Institut)
09/09/2013, 14:20
NINMACH
Oral
Objects from cultural heritage have to be investigated mainly non-destructively or even non-invasively. In this respect, X-ray radiography has been used as a valuable and effective method since decades. The method provides art historians and experts active in cultural heritage studies with facts of interests to complete their vision of the studied topic.
In the talk, we want to introduce...
Dr
Kilian Anheuser
(Musée d'ethnographie de Genève)
09/09/2013, 14:00
NINMACH
Oral
Research is one of the three principal activities of a museum, besides education and conservation of the collections. All three have to be understood in the widest possible sense.
Scientific research on the objects would in turn only represent a relatively small part of a museum's overall research activities, the focus being usually on historical, art historical, archaeological or other...
Burkhard Schillinger
09/09/2013, 13:30
NINMACH
Oral
Why use neutrons? An Overview of Neutron Imaging and Neutron Sources
Contrary to X-rays, thermal neutrons react not with the electron shell of atoms, but with the nuclei themselves. Huge contrast may appear even among isotopes of the same element. Neutrons react very sensitive to Hydrogen, while penetrating most metals easily; this makes neutron imaging a complementary tool to X-ray...
