18. April 2010

The Paul Scherrer Institute at the Hannover Messe 2010

The Paul Scherrer Institute will be present at this year's Hannover Messe trade fair in the shared booth of the Swiss foreign trade organisation Osec. The focal point of PSI's introduction is the so-called “neutron imaging” technology.

The neutrons produced at PSI's spallation neutron source are being applied as a means for non-destructive material and component testing for use in industry and research. One advantage of this methodology lies in providing high contrastability for low-density materials (materials with hydrogen content such as water, oil, plastics, or adhesives). At a fraction of a millimetre, even very small particles can be made visible in a non-destructive manner with the so-called neutron-micro-tomography.