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X-ray gauge measures areal density variations as small as 0. 1%

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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1116/1.573080· OSTI ID:6306734
A gauge measures areal density variations as small as 0.1% in low density plastic foams and other materials. It has a spatial resolution of 0.5 mm. This system is safe, portable, easy to use, and is readily automated. The 6 keV x-ray flux from a /sup 55/Fe source is collimated to a 0.5 mm diameter beam and attenuated by the sample. Transmitted x-rays are detected with a proportional gas detector and counted with a scaler-timer. After measuring the x-ray attenuation in two areas of the sample, the areal density variation is calculated using an
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
6306734
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-84-3634; CONF-841218-12; ON: DE85003774
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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