Published January 1990 | Version v1
Journal article

Thin-layer activation applied to erosive wear

  • 1. Inst. fuer Mittelenergiephysik, ETH-Hoenggerberg, Zurich (Switzerland)
  • 2. Swiss Federal Propellant Plant, Wimmis (Switzerland)

Description

Thin-layer activation as a method of measuring erosive wear in gun barrels due to hot propellant gases has been applied to a large-caliber Howitzer. Three spots on the lands of a 105 mm barrel were activated during the 56Fe(p, n)56Co reaction. The instrumentation, the reproducibility and accuracy of the method as well as results on the erosivity of propellants are discussed. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B
Journal Volume
45
Journal Issue
1-4
Series
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B.
Journal Page Range
126-129
ISSN
0168-583X
CODEN
NIMBE

Conference

Title
9. international conference on ion beam analysis (IBA-9).
Dates
26-30 Jun 1989.
Place
Kingston (Canada).