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Imaging

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ISIS instrument IMAT provides a unique combination of neutron imaging and neutron diffraction techniques.

​IMAT is designed for a broad range of materials science areas where non‑destructive and in-situ testing is required.

IMAT will provide neutron radiography, tomography, strain scanning and texture analysis capabilities. IMAT will enable applications in a variety of areas, ranging from Engineering  Sciences to Earth Sciences, Archaeology and Heritage Science to Soft Matter and Biomaterials.

IMAT's field of view is up to 20 cm, and the spatial resolution is 50 micron. The instrument will be able to cope with small and large samples up to 1.5 tonnes. ​​IMAT offers novel energy ​selective radiography methods which enable contrast enhancement and mapping of  microstructure parameters. The instrument will employ state-of-the art reconstruction techniques to create 2D and 3D datasets as a function of the neutron energy.​​
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Instruments

Alternative techniques

  • Chip Irradiation
    ISIS offers a facility for rapid testing of high energy neutron effects. ChipIR looks at how silicon microchips respond to cosmic neutron radiation.
  • Imaging
    ISIS instrument IMAT provides a unique combination of neutron imaging and neutron diffraction techniques.
  • Muon spectroscopy
    Muon Spectroscopy provides a probe of materials at an atomic level.
  • Neutron diffraction
    Neutron diffraction experiments determine the atomic and/or magnetic structure of a material. This technique can be applied to study crystalline solids, gasses, liquids or amorphous materials.
  • Neutron Reflectometry (NR)
    Neutron reflectometry is a technique for measuring the structure of thin films.
  • Neutron spectroscopy
    Neutron spectroscopy measures the atomic and magnetic motions of atoms.
  • Small angle scattering
    Small angle neutron scattering is a neutron technique able to probe structures at length scales from around 1 nanometre to more than 100 nanometres.
  • Which technique to use?
    Read an overview on the different types of instruments at the facility and the merits of each technique.