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Using Lasers to Detect Damage in Bridges - Headline Science

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Channel: American Chemical Society · 2017 · Science & Technology

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Imagine being able to check the structural integrity of an airplane, ship or bridge, without having to dismantle it or remove any material for testing, which could further compromise the structure. That’s the promise of a new laser-based technique that chemists are developing to reveal hidden damage in metals. A brand-new  ACS live press conference on this will be available on April 5, 2017 10:30am PT  at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFx2TBaiJuE&index=13&list=PLLG7h7fPoH8K5VA20KOvWPpQU5WzfSp3T

Alex Farnsworth
Brigham Young University

Scott Smith
Brigham Young University

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