利用示踪252Cf中子源的材料鉴别技术

摘要

Non-destructive assay of parcels using a tagged 252Cf source and time of flight technique was studied.The method of material recognition was achieved by measuring simultaneously the transmission of neutron and gamma ray to determine the average atomic number.The automatic tomography was realized with the movement of motors and autostart of the digital acquisition system.With the calibration of the detectors, the average atomic number for each pixel of the sample was determined which allows one to recognize material with this method.%本文叙述了利用252Cf裂变中子源结合飞行时间技术对包裹进行无损检测的可行性研究,通过联合测量中子和伽玛射线的吸收谱确定样品的平均原子序数,完成被测材料的鉴定.实验采用自发裂变的252Cf中子源作为白中子源和伽马射线源,用塑料闪烁探测器探测中子和伽马射线.通过LabVIEW程序控制步进电机运动并整合获取的实验数据,实现了待测样品断层扫描数据采集工作的自动化.在对闪烁探测器进行能量和时间刻度后,对几种典型材料组成的样品进行实验分析,采集数据重建其分布图像,确认了用这项技术对材料无损检测的可行性.