Why X-ray is preferred over Gama ray in 9% Ni plate welding?

Please give more information - material application - cryogenic? Is this a customer

contractual specification or a particular standard demand? What is the material
thickness - 2mm or 200mm?

I am sure you realise that in most cases (not always), for suitable thickness
material X-ray will reveal more than isotope exposures. I would expect in many
cases the X-ray technician to be more "image aware" than the gamma technician
due to enhanced training and skills. If I had my way then just on safety grounds
isotope work would require a concession, all exposures would be X-ray and then
comes image quality!

We were insisting on X-rays though the code (ASME) to which the vessels were
being fabricated and inspected allows gamma rays if the specified sensitivity
(penetrameter holes) are shown in the radiographs. We were willing to pay a higher
price for the vessels and we did reject a few vendors who were unable / unwilling to
accept our terms. The welds were up to 20 mm in thickness and were amenable for
portable x-ray machines to be deployed.

I thank Nigel for a very clear comment on the desirability of x-rays over gamma
rays.

x-ray has so many advantage over gamma ray and one of the most is which effect
radiograph is the is its mono energetic ness while gamma ray has desecrate energy
range (Ir192 0.296 to0.613 and for CO60 1.17 to 1.33 MeV) which react with the
film and scattered more also ....
For thin object Ir & CO is also not good and so on....

so many technical factor involved in to take radiograph

1 .Film selection
2 Processing Conditions
3.Energy of source
4 Technique
5 Objects
6 weather
7 Angle of penetration

For2- 2T sensitivity is never be a problem if you understand above points ..

As you might aware that Bhabha Atomic Research Centre is providing training in
Radiography and L 2 is for 28 days course ..and its study material can help you
As this is your departmental matters .
Try to under stand what is more then procedures.
Think how film is made .... and How.... composition of chemicals occurs....!!!!!!

X-rays are not monoenergetic! The x-ray sources used for crystal diffraction studies
are monochromatic but not those used for radiography. The white x-ray spectrum
provides a better image detail compared to the discrete wavelengths of gamma
rays.

Thanks for the refresher course in image formation etc. 2-2T is one of the many
factors that we took into account and the most important factor is image clarity,
detail etc. and that factor is beyond the scope of all codes and standards!

We gave the fabricators and inspectors the challenge to produce the gamma ray
radiographs of similar quality (to what we could achieve using the x-ray tubes) -
they could not achieve that and so had to accept our terms and conditions - and we
paid a higher price for the x-ray quality! We, as customers have our rights!

Then you might also be aware about the standard of our Radiography people as
most of them are not trained. L-III is not a technical authority and mono energetic
means single energy …so please go again with the course of Book of BARC and
please correct their so
If you think you are right but I am stick with my word monoenergetic (not crystal
diffraction of a light ray )
And for Challenge point of view I already put my question to Kodak GM
Quality international Italy and that time so many L III also their and it is in video
about processing of Ist film and its density… in new developer ...
So far I never found any body whom I can challenge ….I just put Q and nothing was
concrete.
I also aware about the view of ISNT board member’s about. service providing
agencies NDTians.
As even technically we can not produce same radiograph by Gamma Ray as in X-
ray
then what is the meaning of Challenge …all though they can sow 2-2T ,+ density
etc in both case but
In the image formation time film grains reacts with mono energy and discrete
energy differently so this difference is always there….so there is no Q of challenge ..
I think so ..even then you are challenging then …what can any body do.