ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

Spectroscopic Imaging of Water and its Application to Fluid Dynamics & Crystallisation Kinetics

Abstract: This proposal seeks to explore how pulsed-neutron imaging could be extended beyond the state-of-the-art, in order to provide novel insights into the physico-chemical properties of systems devoid of long-range order. To this end, we have capitalised from new capabilities on VESUVIO to obtain total cross-section data for water over an unprecedented energy-transfer range, from meV to tens of eV. In the low-energy regime, these data can be used to obtain water number densities and temperatures with an accuracy of a few %, thus opening up entirely new opportunities for a plethora of applications of pulsed-neutron imaging. As a first demonstrator on IMAT, we would like to use a so-called ‘natural circulation cavity,’ in order to visualise water concentrations, temperature gradients, and crystallisation kinetics as a function of both space & time.

Principal Investigator: Professor Felix Fernandez-Alonso
Experimenter: Dr Matteo Zanetti
Experimenter: Professor Giovanni Romanelli
Experimenter: Dr Matthew Krzystyniak
Local Contact: Dr Anna Fedrigo

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1920027

ISIS Experiment Number: RB1920027

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

Data format: RAW/Nexus
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