Researchers at PSI and the University of Barcelona have managed to explain the strange behaviour of microgels. Their measurements using neutron beams have pushed this measuring technique to its limits. The results open up opportunities for new applications in materials and pharmaceutical research.
Neutrons throw light on an important manufacturing process in the textile industry.
A collaboration between European facilities has enabled polarised neutrons to be used on IMAT for the first time to study 3D-printed magnets.
Neutron diffraction reveals how the microstructure of nickel superalloy specimens are affected by the additive manufacturing parameters.
Researchers at PSI have joined forces with employees of the technology transfer centre, ANAXAM, and the industrial partner Audi Sport to shed light on a potential sticking point: they have used neutrons to examine a brake calliper in action and reveal ways of optimising it.
A study of phase separation in super duplex stainless steel could help to develop future alloys that are less susceptible to long-term thermal degradation
Bumax is a Swedish manufacturer of premium-brand high strength stainless steel fasteners, designed for extreme environments. A number of different materials are used to produce A4-grade stainless steel, including Bumax-88.
VDM Metals is a high-performance metal provider. In the HiMat project,1 together with the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), VDM tested its VDM® Alloy 780 using a specially developed testing machine at the Research Neutron Source, Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (FRM II).
Industry and private consumers alike depend on oil and gas pipes that stretch thousands of kilometers underwater. However, it is not uncommon for pipelines to become clogged. With collaborators at the Research Neutron Source FRM II and the consulting company, Science S.A.V.E.D, scientists from TechnipFMC (a company specialising in subsea pipelines) demonstrated that neutrons are an ideal probe to locate blockages in underwater pipes.
Swedish company Sandvik Coromant produces the latest cutting tools and inserts using pressed powder materials, like cemented carbides, which are sintered to make them into a very hard material.
