Anti-leak camera

1994/10/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Teknologia

In Britain a neutron chamber has been enabled which can be very useful for controlling mechanical parts in industries. Neutrons cross the metal, but unlike x-rays, they stay in places where there are oxides or hydrogen (water or lubricants).

This feature will allow finding escape points or corrosion that would otherwise not be detected in engines and machines. So far only cyclotron neutrons were obtained, but these nuclear reactors are large and expensive. Birmimgham University has worked with Oxford Instruments and Rolls-Royce to achieve a much smaller cycle. They have made the cyclotron with superreroos and can transport it by truck. In fact, against the conventional cyclotron of twenty tons, which only weighs between three and four.

It will be used mainly in the chemical and automotive industry, but also in the army and aviation.