Abstract:
A method for non-destructive evaluation of a manufacturing process when forming a three-dimensional article through successive fusion of parts of a metal powder bed, which parts corresponds to successive cross sections of the three-dimensional article, the method comprising the steps of collecting an X-ray signal, created by the electron beam, from at least one position of the first and/or second metal powder layer and/or a melt pool of the first and/or second metal powder layer and/or a fused first and/or second powder layer by an X-ray detector, comparing the X-ray signal with a reference signal, alarming if the generated X-ray signal compared to the reference signal is indicating contamination material of larger amount than a predetermined value and/or a deviation in Atomic % of the powder material larger than a predetermined value.
Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided herein for the extraction, detection and measurement of MNPs in complex matrices in particular, the method includes mixing a solution including a predetermined organic substance with a matrix including the metal nanoparticles, the predetermined organic substance adapted to bind to the metal nanoparticles, to facilitate extraction by an organic solvent and to provide a distinct SERS signal, the mixing resulting in a suspension, adding a solution of a predetermined organic extraction solvent to the suspension, extracting and separating the metal nanoparticles; the metal nanoparticles, after extraction, functionalized by binding with the predetermined organic substance, and extracting and separating the metal nanoparticles; the metal nanoparticles, after extraction, functionalized by binding with the predetermined organic substance; and performing SERS imaging on the functionalized metal nanoparticles in order to detect metals nanoparticles.
Abstract:
An internal imaging system has a radiation source and a plurality of detectors positioned to receive portions of the plurality of collimated beams that have been attenuated by interaction with the target. The radiation source is configured to irradiate a target with a plurality of collimated beams of radiation. Two of the plurality of collimated beams of radiation may have different beam shapes. Another internal imaging system includes a radiation source configured to irradiate a target with at least one collimated beam of radiation and at least one detector. A planar rotating collimator is positioned adjacent to the radiation source and is configured to form the at least one collimated beam. The at least one detector is positioned to receive attenuated portions of the at least one collimated beam. The radiation source may be or include a neutron source. The detectors may be or include a plurality of neutron converters.
Abstract:
[Problem] To provide to a reagent composition used in quantitative measurement of lithium in aqueous solutions such as biological specimens and environmental liquid samples by a simple colorimeter or ultraviolet-visible light spectrophotometer immediately, a reagent composition which permits to measure a concentration of lithium by visual observation, and a method and apparatus for measuring lithium ion by using the reagent.[Solution] A reagent composition for measuring lithium comprising F28 tetraphenylporphyrin compound as chelating agent, including further a water-soluble organic solvent, a pH modifier and a stabilizer, and a method and apparatus for measuring lithium ion by using the reagent.
Abstract:
A method of non-destructive evaluation of stress corrosion cracking of structural components made of metal alloys, and a method of evaluation of the remaining lifetime of the structural component made of metal alloys are provided, in which a change in properties of the structural components made of metal alloys being used in operating nuclear power plants is measured according to the degree of atomic ordering (or short range ordering) of alloying atoms, and stress corrosion cracking of the structural components made of metal alloys is thus evaluated. The properties to be measured may be one or more selected from a group consisting of hardness, electrical resistivity and thermal conductivity.
Abstract:
A sensor comprises a sensor housing, having a channel; a porous substrate, in the channel; an analysis chemistry reagent, on the porous substrate; and a nozzle, in fluid connection with the channel. The porous substrate fills a cross section of the channel, and the cross-sectional area of the channel at the porous substrate is greater than the cross-sectional area at the nozzle.
Abstract:
A method for examining wear of a connector contact using atom transfer radical polymerization. Metals in the connector contact are involved in atom transfer radical polymerization. In the method, polymers are formed via atom transfer radical polymerization. A polydispersity index of the polymers are determined. The exposure of underlying metal layers of the connector contact is determined based on the based on the polydispersity index.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention provide an electromagnetic sensor (400) for detecting a microstructure of a metal target, comprising: a magnetic device (410, 420) for providing an excitation magnetic field; a magnetometer (430) for detecting a resultant magnetic field induced in a metal target; and a calibration circuit (450, 551, 552, 553, 554) for generating a calibration magnetic field for calibrating the electromagnetic sensor, wherein the calibration reference magnetic field is generated by an electrical current induced in the calibration circuit by the excitation magnetic field.
Abstract:
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a chelate color former which can measure the concentration of iron with high sensitivity and with low blank values when measuring the concentration of iron, and an iron concentration measurement method and kit that use this chelate color former. The present invention relates to: a compound represented by following formula [1] or a salt thereof wherein, R1 and R2 each independently represent —SO3H or —CO2H; an iron concentration measurement method in which the compound is used as a chelate color former, the compound is brought into contact with iron in a sample, and the concentration of iron in the sample is measured on the basis of the degree of resulting color development; and a kit to be used therein.
Abstract:
A measuring apparatus measure the amount of a metal catalyst supported on a sample that has a membrane of a metal catalyst layer containing the metal catalyst. The measuring apparatus includes a terahertz-wave emitting part that emits a terahertz wave in the range of 0.01 to 10 THz to the sample, a transmitted-terahertz-wave detection part that detects the electric field intensity of a transmitted terahertz wave that has passed through the sample, a storage that stores correlation information acquired in advance and indicating the correlation between the amount of the metal catalyst supported and the electric field intensity of the transmitted terahertz wave, and an amount-of-catalyst-supported acquisition module that acquires the amount of the metal catalyst supported on the sample, on the basis of the correlation information and the electric field intensity of the transmitted terahertz wave detected by the transmitted-terahertz-wave detection part.