Early pore formation in aluminium foams studied by synchrotron-based microtomography and 3-D image analysis

Acta Materialia

Volumn 57, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 4809-4821

  Rack, A ^a   Helwig, H M ^b,c   Butow A ^b,c   Rueda, A ^b,c   Matijasevic Lux B ^b,c   Helfen, L ^d   Goebbels, J ^e   Banhart, J ^b,c  

^a EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aluminium alloy; Aluminium foam; CT; Image analysis; Microtomography

Indexed keywords

3-D IMAGE; ALUMINIUM ALLOY; ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; ALUMINIUM FOAM; CT; GAS SOURCES; HARD X RAY; LOW EXPANSION; MELT FORMATION; MELTING PROCESS; MICROTOMOGRAPHY; PORE FORMATION; PORE NUCLEATION; POSITIVE EFFECTS; QUANTITATIVE IMAGE ANALYSIS; SI-CU ALLOYS; SPATIAL CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALUMINUM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PORE SIZE; PORE STRUCTURE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SYNCHROTRONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 68949086540     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2009.06.045     Document Type: Article

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