B. Constantinescu et al., THIN-LAYER ACTIVATION TECHNIQUES AT THE U-120 CYCLOTRON OF BUCHAREST, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 89(1-4), 1994, pp. 83-87
The Thin Layer Activation (TLA) technique is a nuclear method especial
ly used for different types of wear (or corrosion) investigations. Exp
erimental results for selection criteria of nuclear reactions for vari
ous tribological studies, using the IPNE U-120 classical variable ener
gy Cyclotron are presented. Measuring methods for the main types of we
ar phenomena and home made instrumentations dedicated for TLA industri
al applications are also reported. Some typical TLA tribological appli
cations, a nuclear scanning method to obtain wear profile of piston-ri
ngs are presented as well.