Combining X-ray CT and 3D printing technology to produce microcosms with replicable, complex pore geometries

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue , 2012, Pages 53-55

  Otten, W ^a   Pajor, R ^a   Schmidt, S ^a   Baveye, P C ^a,c   Hague, R ^b   Falconer, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive manufacturing process; Soil structure; X ray CT

Indexed keywords

3-D PRINTING; ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS; ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FUNGAL GROWTH; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; PORE GEOMETRY; PRINTING MATERIALS; SOIL PROCESS; SOIL STRUCTURE; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY CT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); PRINTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; X RAYS;

SOILS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGUS; MICROCOSM; POROSITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL STRUCTURE; TECHNOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY;

FUNGI;

EID: 84860877794     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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