Focussed ion beam nanotomography reveals the 3D morphology of different solid phases in hardened cement pastes

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 241, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 234-242

  Trtik, P ^a   Munch B ^a   Gasser, P ^b   Leemann, A ^a   Loser, R ^a   Wepf, R ^b   Lura, P ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cement; Focussed ion beam; Nanotomography

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; HARDENING; HYDRATION; IMAGE ACQUISITION; ION BEAMS; IONS;

3D MORPHOLOGY; BACKSCATTERED ELECTRONS; ELECTRON DETECTORS; FOCUSSED ION-BEAMS; HARDENED CEMENT PASTE; NANOTOMOGRAPHY; SOLID MATRIXES; SOLID MATTER; SOLID PHASIS; SOLID-PHASE;

DATA ACQUISITION;

CEMENT;

ARTICLE; FOCUSSED ION BEAM NANOTOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79951523320     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2010.03433.x     Document Type: Article

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