Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis (PGAA) is a non-destructive bulk analytical tool for determination of elemental composition, based on the detection of prompt-gamma radiation induced by neutron capture into the atomic nucleus. The method is considered non-destructive. In principle, every chemical elements can be measured quantitatively, but with very different sensitivities. […]
Group Leader: Katalin Gméling Tel: +(36-1)-392 2222 / 1441 E-mail: gmeling.katalin@ek.hun-ren.hu gmeling.katalin@bnc.hu The Nuclear Analysis and Imaging Group has two major research areas: macroscopic material structure and composition research, with the following topics: The NAI Group utilizes the neutrons produced at the Budapest Research Reactor while operates five large-scale facilities […]
Head of Group Zsolt Kasztovszky Tel: +(36-1)-392 2222 / 3143 E-mail: kasztovszky.zsolt@ek.hun-ren.hu kasztovszky.zsolt@bnc.hu Scientists of the Heritage Science Group apply mostly non-destructive neutron-based techniques to reveal the composition, internal macroscopic, microscopic and atomic-scale structure of the artefacts. With the obtained analytical information, we contribute to studies on raw material composition, […]
The research group gave an overview of a long-lasting project on the Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis (PGAA)-based chemical investigations of archaeological polished stone tools from Hungary. Based on 20 years of PGAA measurements, a more than 700 itemed database was subjected to statistical analyses. Szilágyi, V., Kasztovszky, Z., Kereskényi, E. […]
Explore the details of this exciting discovery in our latest open access article, based on analytical results obtained by BNC’s instruments. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-024-08028-y The paper deals with provenance research of a unique long, transparent obsidian blade that was found together with other objects in a grave at Csongrád (SE Hungary) dated […]
BNC Seminar/Webinar in English: “Magnetic Ordering in Ba3RRu2O9 (R = Tb, Tm)“ Lecturer: Deepak Garg (GNeuS fellow, JCNS at MLZ, Garching, Germany) Date and time: 27th March 2025 (Thursday) 2 PM (GMT+1)Location: KFKI Campus, Bldg. 26 Lecture hall + Online Click here for the abstract and event link BNC Webinar […]
Radiography utilizes the transmission of neutrons and photons to obtain visual information on the structure and/or dynamic processes inside of an object. The facility has variable measurement positions along the neutron beam path with a maximum beam diameter of ~200 mm and is applicable for dynamic (DNR) and static (SNR) […]
When the neutron beam passes through the material, its intensity decreases, and the attenuated beam creates a contrast pattern, i.e., a projected image on a sensitive screen. The NORMA station is one of the complementary parts of the NIPS-NORMA facility (Fig. 1). It has been designed for neutron radiography (NR) and […]
When a nucleus captures a neutron, the binding energy of the neutron is promptly emitted in the form of gamma radiation. The energies of the gamma photons are specific to the nucleus, while their numbers are proportional to the quantity of that nuclide. The NIPS station is one of the […]
DÖME instrument is a facility suitable for measuring decay gamma spectra. Its main part is a low-background counting chamber made of pre-World War II iron, thus free of radioactivity from human activities. A liquid nitrogen cooled HPGe detector placed inside the chamber acquires the gamma spectra. Having adjusted the sample-detector […]