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Synchrotron Microtomography of Composites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

S. R. Stock ,
J. H. Kinney ,
T. M. Breunig ,
U. Bonse ,
S. D. Antolovich ,
Q. C. Johnson  and
M. C. Nichols
S. R. Stock
Affiliation:
Mechanical Properties Research Laboratory and School of Materials Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA
J. H. Kinney
Affiliation:
Chemistry and Materials Science Department, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
T. M. Breunig
Affiliation:
Mechanical Properties Research Laboratory and School of Materials Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA
U. Bonse
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Dortmund University, FRG
S. D. Antolovich
Affiliation:
Mechanical Properties Research Laboratory and School of Materials Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA
Q. C. Johnson
Affiliation:
Chemistry and Materials Science Department, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
M. C. Nichols
Affiliation:
Exploratory Chemistry Division, Sandia National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA
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Abstract

X-ray computed tomography (CT) uses absorption profiles from many different viewing directions to reconstruct the two-dimensional distribution of x-ray absorptivity within a slice of the sample. The tunability, high brightness and parallelism of synchrotron radiation are critical to high resolution (0.001mm), high contrast (1%) CT or microtomography. In situ study of samples multiple times during the course of an experiment is exciting to consider.

Continuous fiber SiC/Al composites were deformed under three-point bending, and the resulting damage and fiber arrangement were revealed with synchrotron microtomography. Several hundred slices of 0.012 mm thickness were recorded simultaneously using 25 key radiation and a phosphor screen/charge coupled device (CCD) detector. Reconstruction was with the filtered back projection method. Low density regions were observed in the matrix in regions of highest stress where cracking is expected.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 143: Symposium V – Synchrotron Radiation in Materials Research , 1988 , 273
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1989

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