Edge blurring in stacked x-ray film screen combinations. [Flash radiography for nuclear weapons design] (open access)

Edge blurring in stacked x-ray film screen combinations. [Flash radiography for nuclear weapons design]

The Advanced Experiments Group of B-Division, LLNL, has been seeking to improve the sensitivity and spatial resolution of stacked film screens for bremsstrahlung flash radiography of imploding, dense metal shells. In the work reported here, we experimentally measured the spreading of the x-ray shadow of the edge of a uranium block in two film-and-screen combinations. We also used the SANDYL code, which models photon and electron scattering, to calculate the theoretical edge spreading in an array of films and screens. Experimentally, the uranium edge was spread to a width of 1.7 mm in the combination 0.15-mm-Ta/NDT9-XAR5, and 1.5 mm in the combination 0.25-mm-Ta/NDT6-XAR5. The theoretical calculation agreed with these results.
Date: February 6, 1984
Creator: Lyle, J.W.
System: The UNT Digital Library