Identification of lithium hydride and its hydrolysis products with neutron imaging

Garlea, Elena; King, Martin O.; Galloway, E. C.; Boyd, T. L.; Smyrl, N. R.; Bilheux, H. Z.; Santodonato, L. J.; Morrell, J. S.; Leckey, J. H.

doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2016.12.012

Title: Identification of lithium hydride and its hydrolysis products with neutron imaging

Journal Article · Sat Dec 24 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Journal of Nuclear Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2016.12.012· OSTI ID:1347522

Garlea, Elena ^[1]; King, Martin O. ^[2]; Galloway, E. C. ^[2]; Boyd, T. L. ^[1]; Smyrl, N. R. ^[1]; Bilheux, H. Z. ^[3]; Santodonato, L. J. ^[3]; Morrell, J. S. ^[1]; Leckey, J. H. ^[1]

Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
AWE Plc, Berkshire (United Kingdom)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

In this study, lithium hydride (LiH) and its hydrolysis products were investigated non-destructively with neutron radiography and neutron computed tomography. Relative neutron transmission intensities (I/I₀) were measured for LiOH, Li₂O and LiH, and their linear attenuation coefficients calculated from this data. We show that ⁷Li is necessary for creating large differences in I/I₀ for facile identification of these compounds. The thermal decomposition of LiOH to Li₂O was also observed with neutron radiography. Computed tomography shows that the samples were fairly homogeneous, with very few macroscopic defects. Lastly, the results shown here demonstrate the feasibility of observing LiH hydrolysis with neutron imaging techniques in real time.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant (Y-12), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Contributing Organization:: Y-12 Plant Directed Research, Development and Demonstration Program; Oak Ridge National Laboratory by the Scientific User Facilities Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0001942; DE NA0001942

OSTI ID:: 1347522

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1411820

Report Number(s):: MS/GAR-161206; TRN: US1701091

Journal Information:: Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 485, Issue C; ISSN 0022-3115

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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