NON- DESTRUCTIVE TESTING
B. Tech VI Semester
BY
Mr. Vishnu Pratap Singh, Assistant Professor
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
BUDDHA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
GIDA GORAKHPUR
Radiography Testing
UNIT -III
Radiography
Basic Principles
The variation in the image darkness can be used to determine thickness or composition of material and would also reveal the presence of any flaws or discontinuities inside the material.
Advantages of RT
Disadvantages
PHYSICS OF RADIATION
Asst. Prof. Vishnu Sankar,DME,RSET
frequencies than X-rays.
Properties of X-Rays and Gamma Rays
Electromagnetic Radiation sources
Production of X-rays
High energy X-ray source
Gamma Radiation
Basic terms
Gamma ray sources
Inspection techniques
Single wall single image technique (SWSI)
Panoramic technique
Double wall penetration technique
Double wall single image (DWSI)
Double wall double image (DWDI)
Superimposing technique
Real time radiography
Films used in industrial radiography
0.23 mm.
Speed of film
Film Selection
Film Packaging
Film Handling
Intensifying screens
% of the amount of radiation energy exposed at the film.
Types of Films
Types of films
Films used for special purposes, such as single emulsion films.
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Film Processing
Viewing Radiographs
Interpretation and Evaluation of Test results
to avoid glare.
Radiograph Interpretation - Welds
detection, (2) interpretation, and (3) evaluation.
a radiograph.
General Welding Discontinuities
The following discontinuities are typical of all types of welding.
Cold lap is a condition where the weld filler metal does not properly fuse with the base metal or the previous weld pass material (interpass cold lap). The arc does not melt the base metal sufficiently and causes the slightly molten puddle to flow into the base material without bonding.
Porosity is the result of gas entrapment in the solidifying metal. Porosity can take many shapes on a radiograph but often appears as dark round or irregular spots or specks appearing singularly, in clusters, or in rows. Sometimes, porosity is elongated and may appear to have a tail. This is the result of gas attempting to escape while the metal is still in a liquid state and is called wormhole porosity. All porosity is a void in the material and it will have a higher radiographic density than the surrounding area.
Cluster porosity is caused when flux coated electrodes are contaminated with moisture. The moisture turns into a gas when heated and becomes trapped in the weld during the welding process. Cluster porosity appear just like regular porosity in the radiograph but the indications will be grouped close together.
Slag inclusions are nonmetallic solid material entrapped in weld metal or between weld and base metal. In a radiograph, dark, jagged asymmetrical shapes within the weld or along the weld joint areas are indicative of slag inclusions.
Cracks can be detected in a radiograph only when they are propagating in a direction that produces a change in thickness that is parallel to the x-ray beam. Cracks will appear as jagged and often very faint irregular lines. Cracks can sometimes appear as "tails" on inclusions or porosity.
Radiograph Interpretation - Castings
Radiographic indications for castings
Gas porosity or blow holes are caused by accumulated gas or air which is trapped by the metal. These discontinuities are usually smooth- walled rounded cavities of a spherical, elongated or flattened shape. If the sprue is not high enough to provide the necessary heat transfer needed to force the gas or air out of the mold, the gas or air will be trapped as the molten metal begins to solidify. Blows can also be caused by sand that is too fine, too wet, or by sand that has a low permeability so that gas cannot escape.
Sand inclusions and dross: are nonmetallic oxides, which appear on the radiograph as irregular, dark blotches. These come from disintegrated portions of mold or core walls and/or from oxides (formed in the melt) which have not been skimmed off prior to the introduction of the metal into the mold gates. Careful control of the melt, proper holding time in the ladle and skimming of the melt during pouring will minimize or obviate this source of trouble.
Cracks are thin (straight or jagged) linearly disposed discontinuities that occur after the melt has solidified. They generally appear singly and originate at casting surfaces.
Cold shuts generally appear on or near a surface of cast metal as a result of two streams of liquid meeting and failing to unite.
They may appear on a radiograph as cracks or seams with smooth or rounded edges.
Inclusions are nonmetallic materials in an otherwise solid metallic matrix. They may be less or more dense than the matrix alloy and will appear on the radiograph, respectively, as darker or lighter indications. The latter type is more common in light metal castings.
Safety aspects required in Radiography
one of the major disadvantages of radiography.
by the human senses complicates matters further.
Controlling Radiation Exposure
Applications of Radiographic Testing
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