Prospects of X-Ray Microtomography for Studies of Composite Materials
by
Ryszard Pyrz
Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Aalborg University Pontoppidanstraede 101, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark

The ability to make precise X-ray attenuation measurements on a 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.

Date received: January 25, 1999