On the application of x-ray microtomography in the field of materials science

By Eric Maire, J. Buffière, L. Salvo, J. Blandin, W. Ludwig, J. Létang. 2001

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The principle of the tomography technique and the different possible set-ups, which can be used to obtain medium-(10 lm) and high(1 lm) resolution, three-dimensional, non-destructive images, are shown in this paper. Illustrations are made of the applications of the technique in the field of materials science. Examples are given for medium-resolution images of metallic foams and model metal matrix composites that are reinforced with spherical particles. High-resolution examples are shown for aluminium alloys. For low-absorbent materials we show that the phase contrast obtained using synchrotron radiation can provide a valuable solution. The quantitative use of these images, coupled with in-situ tensile tests or used for the simple analysis of the initial microstructure of several structural materials, is also described.

Subfields: Materials Chemistry, Radiation

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Generation of 3D representative volume elements for heterogeneous materials: A review (2018, background): “In absorption based X-ray tomography, contrast is a function of the atomic number z, which makes it a natural choice for the non-destructive imaging of matrix inclusion composites, including metal matrix composites [118], ceramic/ceramic composites [318,319], reinforced concrete [320], or fiber rein”
Numerical and experimental investigation of capping mechanisms during pharmaceutical tablet compaction (2008, background): “Recent advances in X-ray tomography have made it possible to visualise the internal structures of certain materials with a spatial resolution of several micrometres, even down to the sub-micrometre level [15].”
Voxel-Scale Digital Volume Correlation (2011, background): “X-ray computed microtomography (X-CMT) is a very powerful means for visualizing in a non-destructive way different (opaque) materials [1–6].”
Continuum Models of Ductile Fracture: A Review (2010, background): “The recent development of X-ray tomography (see e.g., Maire et al., 2001; Morgeneyer et al., 2008) now allows the direct observation of bulk damage processes.”