Imaging of metallic foams using X-ray micro-CT

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 344, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 107-112

  Saadatfar, M ^a   Garcia Moreno, F ^b   Hutzler, S ^a   Sheppard, A P ^c   Knackstedt, M A ^c   Banhart, J ^b   Weaire, D ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Metallic foam; Microstructure; X ray tomography

Indexed keywords

BLOWING AGENTS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTRACTION; FOAMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; METALS; MICROSTRUCTURE; TOMOGRAPHY; ZINC;

3D IMAGE ANALYSIS; AL ALLOYS; CELL SHAPES; FOAMING PROCESS; GAS PRESSURES; MANUFACTURING PARAMETERS; METAL FOAMS; METALLIC FOAM; RELATIVE DENSITY; SOLID FRACTION; SOLID-PHASE; TOPOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; X-RAY CT; X-RAY MICRO-CT; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ALUMINUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; FOAM; FOAMING; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 67349181303     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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