1. Edition - February 2008
149.- Euro
2008. XXIV, 436 Pages, Hardcover
277 Fig. (16 Colored Fig.), 29 Tab. 
- Handbook/Reference Book -
ISBN-10: 3-527-31533-0
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-31533-8 - Wiley-VCH, Weinheim







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Short description
Besides covering the most important aspects, this ready reference presents the main methods of diffraction and tomography, thus providing new users of large-scale facilities with an understanding of the opportunities offered by different sources and instruments.

From the contents
PART I: GENERAL

MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS
INTERNAL STRESSES IN ENGINEERING MATERIALS
TEXTURE AND TEXTURE ANALYSIS IN ENGINEERING MATERIALS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF PHOTONS AND NEUTRONS
RADIATION SOURCES
GENERATION AND PROPERTIES OF NEUTRONS
PRODUCTION AND PROPERTIES OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION

PART II: METHODS

INTRODUCTION TO DIFFRACTION METHODS FOR INTERNAL STRESS ANALYSES
STRESS ANALYSIS BY ANGLE-DISPENSIVE NEUTRON DIFFRACTION
STRESS ANALYSIS BY ENERGY-DISPERSIVE NEUTRON DIFFRACTION
RESIDUAL STRESS ANALYSIS BY MONOCHROMATIC HIGH-ENERGY X-RAYS
RESIDUAL STRESS ANALYSIS BY WHITE HIGH ENERGY X-RAYS
REFLECTION MODE
TRANSMISSION MODE
DIFFRACTION IMAGING FOR MICROSTRUCTURE ANALYSIS
BASICS OF SMALL-ANGLE SCATTERING METHODS
SMALL-ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING
DECOMPOSITION KINETICS IN COPPER-COBALT ALLOY SYSTEMS: APPLICATIONS OF SMALL-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING
New Developments in Neutron Tomography
NEUTRON AND SYNCHROTRON -RADIATION-BASED IMAGING FOR APPLICATIONS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE - FROM MACRO- TO NANOTOMOGRAPHY
μ-TOMOGRAPHY OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS
DIFFRACTION ENHANCED IMAGING

PART III: NEW AND EMERGING METHODS

3D X-RAY DIFFRACTION MICROSCOPE
3D MICRON-RESOLUTION LAUE DIFFRACTION
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL PLASTICS STRAIN FIELD USING MARKERS AND X-RAY ABSORPTION TOMOGRAPHY
COMBINED DIFFRACTION AND TOMOGRAPHY

PART IV: INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS

DIFFRACTION-BASED RESIDUAL STRESS ANALYSIS APPLIED TO PROBLEMS IN THE AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY
OPTIMIZATION OF RESIDUAL STRESSES IN CRANKHAFTS