Consideration of X-ray microtomography to quantitatively determine the size distribution of bubble cavities in iron ore pellets

Powder Technology

Volumn 233, Issue , 2013, Pages 312-318

  Bhuiyan, I U ^a   Mouzon, J ^a   Forsberg, F ^a,b   Forsmo, S P E ^b   Sjodahl M ^a   Hedlund, J ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LKAB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air bubbles; Image analysis; Porosity; SEM; Stereology; X ray microtomography

Indexed keywords

AIR BUBBLES; BACKSCATTERED ELECTRON IMAGING; BINARIZATIONS; COMMERCIAL INSTRUMENTS; CROSS SECTIONAL IMAGE; DATA SETS; FIGURE OF MERITS; GREEN PELLETS; LIMITED RESOLUTION; MEDIAN DIAMETERS; REFERENCE DATA; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SEM IMAGE; SPHERICAL OBJECTS; STEREOLOGICAL METHODS; STEREOLOGY; THRESHOLDING; TOTAL POROSITY; X RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRON ORES; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

X RAYS;

IRON;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BUBBLE CAVITY; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; DRUG PELLET; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATERIAL STATE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEREOMETRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84867795434     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2012.09.012     Document Type: Article

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