Supervisor:

Kichanov Sergey

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Scientific installation:

IBR-2 high flux pulce reactor, NRT and DN-12 diffractometer

Level:

Master

Language:

Russian or English

Statement of the problem:

The metal mold casting fragments are excellent markers of the reconstruction of futures of technological levels of ancient or medieval settlements. Recently, there has been a growing interest in the research of archaeological and cultural materials using natural scientific methods. Among them, it should be noted the methods of non-destructive structural diagnostics, which are very careful to valuable objects of cultural heritage. Now, the structural research of archeological metal materials is focusing on a search for some structural markers, which can help restore information about the ore mine or blacksmith workshop locations, import or trade ways of metal raw materials, an identify of features of casting processes. From this viewpoint, the cast iron products are not only cultural or historical items but also convenient model objects as a benchmark for studying the processes of corrosion propagation and cracks arrangement in metal products, a model indicator of casting and stamping, or methods of chemical processing of metal products. The neutron structural methods of non-destructive diagnostics, like as neutron tomography and neutron diffraction, provide a sufficient penetration depth into massive metal objects. Performing experiments to study the structure of metal artifacts to identify structural markers of ancient industries using neutron tomography and diffraction methods is aim of student works.

Objective:

It is proposed to study the features of the internal structure of massive metal samples using neutron tomography and diffraction methods.

Tasks:

1. Collecting information about the object under study, methods of neutron research, data analysis, software tools for data analysis.

2. Conducting investigations of metal archaeological objects using neutron tomography and diffraction methods.

3. Reconstruction of a three-dimensional model from neutron tomography data, analysis of the resulting model. Analysis of diffraction data.

4. Preparation of the qualification work based on the research results.