Neutrons for industry
Neutrons for industry
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工业用中子
DOI：
10.1051/epjconf/201510401001
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发表时间：
2015
影响因子：
9.4
通讯作者：
W. Petry
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作者：
W. Petry
关于中子的基础科学应该而且肯定是由好奇心驱动的。正是科学家不受约束的意愿去探索已知之外的自然规律，才创造了真正的创新。除了对西方科学文化的这种评价之外，还有足够的空间，也非常需要将创新最终转移到可能为我们的社会财富服务的产品上。这一过程要求科学和工业，即研究人员和工程师之间进行密切的互动。用工程师的语言来说，这个过程被分为技术准备水平（TRL），以评估其开发过程中不断发展的技术的成熟度，通常以1（基础技术研究）到9（系统测试，发射和运行）的规模进行衡量。在TRL范围内，中子研究主要位于1至3级，即基础研究到第一原理可行性。然而，有一些重要的例子表明，中子的研究远远超出了这一范围。通过在原子尺度上测量完全无损的内部应力来定制发动机的曲柄移位当然涉及7到8级（子系统开发）。通过中子断层扫描对飞机和燃气轮机的涡轮机板进行常规检查甚至超过了技术水平9，即对制造的产品进行常规质量检查。在某些重要的情况下，中子是生产现代社会绝对需要的材料的手段，即用于高压直流电运输和混合汽车的最均匀掺杂的块状硅。放射性同位素如131 I、99mTc、177 Lu和161 Tb只能使用高中子注量率大规模生产。
Basic science with neutrons should be and certainly is curiosity driven. It is the uncommitted willingness of the scientist to explore the laws of nature beyond the already known which creates true innovation. Beyond this appraisal of western scientific culture there is ample of space and also a great need for the eventual transfer of innovation to products which may serve for the wealth of our society. This process asks for intense interaction between science and industry, i.e. researchers and engineers. Speaking with the language of engineers this process is classified in Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) to assess the maturity of evolving technologies during its development and are generally measured on a scale from 1 (basic technology research) to 9 (system test, launch & operation). Within the TRL-scale research with neutrons is dominantly located on the levels 1 to 3, i.e. basic research to first principle feasibility. However there are important examples where research with neutrons goes far beyond. Tailoring crank shifts for engines by measuring completely nondestructive internal stresses on an atomic scale certainly involves levels 7 to 8 (subsystem development). Checking routinely turbine plates for aircrafts and gas turbines by neutron tomography even goes beyond technology levels 9, i.e. manufactured products are routinely checked for quality. In some important cases neutrons are the means to produce materials modern society absolutely needs, i.e. most homogenously doped bulk silicon used in high voltage direct current electricity transport and hybrid cars. Radioisotopes such as 131I, 99mTc, 177Lu and 161Tb can only be produced on a large scale using high neutron fluencies.
影响因子：
9.2
作者：
A. Senyshyn;M. Mühlbauer;O. Dolotko;M. Hofmann;T. Pirling;H. Ehrenberg
通讯作者：
A. Senyshyn;M. Mühlbauer;O. Dolotko;M. Hofmann;T. Pirling;H. Ehrenberg