Abstract:
A radiation transmission gauge to measure during manufacture the low atomic number, non-homogeneous, large thickness materials, such as fiberglass, using primarily the radiation photoelectric effect. The gauge source-detector geometry provides monoenergetic X-rays in the 14-30 KEV range, produced by a primary source of gamma radiation of higher energy, through fluorescence of a target. The radiation detector uses Krypton gas and the target material is selected to produce a fluorescence radiation that is above and substantially close to the K-edge of the Krypton gas. Other features of the source-detector geometry minimize the presence of the primary source radiation, to improve gauge accuracy.
Abstract:
Specifically disclosed is a method and apparatus for measuring the opacity of sheet material, more particularly for measuring the opacity of paper according to the TAPPI contrast ratio definition. A moving sheet of paper from a paper making machine or coater is passed through the gap between a light source and a photodetector. The light transmitted through the paper is passed through a window of opal glass and a bandpass filter before it is received by the photodetector. The opal glass window constitutes a partial reflector having an effective reflectivity between about 20 and 70 percent. This produces multiple reflections between the opal glass and the paper next to it, with sufficient magnitude to compensate the transmittance measurement for the reflectivity of the paper, and thereby automatically corrects the instrument for changes in the composition of the paper. Because of the bandpass filter, the photodetector responds substantially only to light in the visible portion of the spectrum. According to another disclosed arrangement wherein the opal glass window is not used, the instrument is compensated by the use of a second photodetector responsive to light reflected from the side of the paper where the light source is located. Signals from the two detectors are then combined in a simple computer arrangement to obtain a signal which is compensated for the reflectivity of the paper. The compensated signal provided by either of the disclosed arrangements is correlated with opacity in conformance with the TAPPI standard.
Abstract:
A PENETRATING RADIATION GAUGE INCLUDES A PULSED X-RAY SOURCE FOR DETERMINING WALL THICKNESS OF ARTICLES MOVING PAST THE SOURCE. THE GUAGE IS CONTINUOUSLY STANDERDIZED BY RESPECTIVELY PLACING IN THE SOURCE RADIATION FIELD FIRST AND SECOND DIFFERENT STANDARD SAMPLES BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND DIFFERENT PAIRS OF ADJACENT ARTICLES. A DETECTOR RESPONDS TO THE LEVEL OF RADIATION ABSORBED BY ARTICLES WHILE THICKNESS IN BEING MEASURED AND BY THE SAMPLES WHILE STANDARDIZATION IS BEING PERFORMED TO DERIVE AN OUTPUT SIGNAL EXPONENTIALLY RELATED TO THE RADIATION ABSOBPTION PROPERTIES OF THE ARTICLES AND SAMPLES. A LINEARIZING NETWORK RESPONSIVE TO THE DIRECTOR CONVERTS THE EXPONENTIAL RELATIONSHIP INTO A STRAIGHT LINE FUNCTION WHEREBY A LINEAR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MAGNITUDE OF THE DETECTOR OUTPUT SIGNAL AND THE ABSORPTION PROPERTY IS DERIVED. WHILE THE LINEARIZING NETWORK IS DERIVING A SIGNAL INDICATIVE OF THE RADIATION ABSORPTION PROPERTIES OF THE FIRST SAMPLE, THE STRAIGHT LINE RELATIONSHIP IS ADJUSTED SO THAT THE GAUGE RESPONSE IS A POINT ON THE LINE HAVING A PREDETERMINED OUTPUT SIGNAL CORRESPONDING WITH THE ABSORPTION PROPERTIES OF THE FIRST SAMPLES. WHILE THE LINEARIZING NETWORK IS DERIVING A SIGNAL INDICATIVE OF THE OBSORPTION PROPERTIES OF THE SECOND SAMPLES, THE SLOPE OF THE LINE ADJUSTED SO THAT THE GUAGE DERIVES AN OUTPUT SIGNAL HAVING A PREDETERMINED MAGNITUDE CORRESPONDING WITH THE OBSORPTION PROPERTIES OF THE SECOND SAMPLES