Non-destructive observation of meteorite chips using quantitative analysis of optimized X-ray micro-computed tomography

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 299, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 359-367

  Uesugi, M ^a   Uesugi, K ^b   Oka, M ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Space Science ^*  (Japan)

^b JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Meteorite; X ray CT

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CT DATA; DESTRUCTIVE METHODS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATERIAL; IMAGE TEXTURE; MEASUREMENT CONDITIONS; NON DESTRUCTIVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; S/N RATIO; SAMPLE PREPARATION; X RAY MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY CT; X-RAY LINEAR ATTENUATION;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; METEORITES; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; METEORITE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 78049232325     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.09.016     Document Type: Article

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