Specialised Imaging’s new high-speed framing camera
Summary
Though hyperspectral imaging was possible on previous models, the new SIM design was driven by requests from the field of energetic materials research which required a camera with a simple and fast exchange of filters in all its operating channels. Hot spots formed when microstructures in some energetic materials experience shock play a critical role in both safety and performance aspects. To generate a kinetic model to describe reaction growth it is important to know both the time-dependent size and temperature of hot spots created when shocked. The use of filters in high-speed multichannel framing cameras allows researchers to obtain spectral, spatial and temporal information in parallel enabling the comparison of different energetic materials by focusing on their different spectral signatures. The nature of detonating materials requires an ultra-fast, light-sensitive camera that can respond across a broad range of wavelengths to provide a flexible solution for this and other energetic applications.