Density mapping of hardened cement paste using ptychographic X-ray computed tomography

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-77

  Trtik, Pavel ^a   Diaz, Ana ^b   Guizar Sicairos, Manuel ^b   Menzel, Andreas ^b   Bunk, Oliver ^b  

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

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

C S H; Calcium hydroxide; Coherent diffractive imaging; Computed tomography; Density; Hardened cement paste; Image analysis; Phase retrieval

Indexed keywords

C-S-H; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFRACTIVE IMAGING; HARDENED CEMENT PASTE; PHASE RETRIEVAL;

CALCIUM SILICATE; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; HYDRATED LIME; HYDRATES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RESINS; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CEMENTS;

EID: 84873409708     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2012.06.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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