Paper number 904

APPLICATION OF X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY TO THE STUDY OF POLYMER COMPOSITES

R. Pyrz

Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Aalborg University,
Pontoppidanstręde 101, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark

Summary

The ability to make precise X-ray attenuation measurements on very small volume elements is a developing technology. This technology is known as X-ray microtomography to delineate the method as a form of X-ray microscopy that uses tomographic reconstruction techniques to build three-dimensional images of microstructure. Since the morphological data of a microstructure are usually collected from plane cross sections taken through an opaque material then this necessary step results in a great loss of information regarding spatial features of the dispersion. In order to overcome this difficulty X-ray microtomography is applied to extract the 3-D information that may be used for micromechanical modelling purposes.

Keywords

X-ray microtomography, serial sections, image reconstruction, microstructure, X-ray projections.