Industrial Radiology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction: capabilities and limitations of radiographic inspection

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   Pages 1-4

3. Principles of radiography

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   Pages 5-8

4. Basic properties of ionizing radiations

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   Pages 9-32

5. X-ray sources

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   Pages 33-51

6. Gamma-ray sources and equipment

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   Pages 52-74

7. Recording of radiation

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   Pages 75-110

8. Radiographic techniques: principles

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   Pages 111-145

9. Radiographic techniques: sensitivity

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   Pages 146-181

10. Sensitivity performance

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    Pages 182-206

11. Interpretation of radiographs

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    Pages 207-236

12. Safety problems in radiography: units of radiation

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    Pages 237-254

13. Fluoroscopy, image intensifiers, television systems and tomography

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    Pages 255-283

14. Special methods

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    Pages 284-298

15. Back Matter

    Pages 299-303

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Industrial radiography is a well-established non-destructive testing (NDT) method in which the basic principles were established many years ago. However, during 1993-95 the European Standards Organisa­ tion (CEN) commenced drafting many new standards on NDT including radiographic methods, and when completed these will replace national standards in all the EC member countries. In some cases these standards vary significantly from those in use in the UK at present. These CEN standards are accepted by majority, not unanimous voting, so they will become mandatory even in countries which vote against them. As most are likely to be legal by the time this second edition is published, they are described in the appropriate places in the text. The most important new technical development is the greater use of computers in radiology. In the first edition, computerized tomography was only briefly mentioned at the end of Chapter 11, as it was then largely a medical method with only a few equipments having found a place in industrial use. The method depends on a complex computer program and a large data store. Industrial equipments are now being built, although their spread into industry has been slow. Computer data storage is also being used for radiographic data. Small computers can now store all the data produced by scanning a radiographic film with a small light-spot, and various programs can be applied to these data.

• X-ray
• computed tomography (CT)
• radiation
• radiology
• tomography

...provides very good knowledge for advanced personel in industrial radiology. The book is up to date and can be recommended for education and as a reference book. It should be on the book-shelf of each serious professional for NDT, since it answers most questions in daily life... - Materials and Corrosion

• Ministry of Defence, Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment, Sevenoaks, UK

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