How can we look inside opaque structures to discover their properties without destroying them? Neutron Imaging (NI) allows us to see inside materials and examine the processes within them, in a similar way to X-ray imaging, which is well known from medical applications. Neutrons are able to pass through materials to a depth that depends on the specific attenuation properties of that material. Neutron imaging thereby allows non-destructive inspection of objects and materials for basic and applied research.

White-beam imaging is based on the attenuation of the neutron beam by internal structures in the object through absorption or scattering. Tomography is performed by rotating the sample and reconstructing a three-dimensional image from a series of cross-sections.

Join us to discover how the neutron and x-ray imaging facilities at ILL allow scientists from all over the world to obtain detailed three-dimensional images of important objects and materials.

We invite teachers and young learners aged 14 to 19 to attend the virtual event with their school classes or as individuals.

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