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Microstructure:

Extrusion processing produces microstructural features with special characteristics, which in turn influence the material properties. In this study, a micro-CT is used to investigate the actual 3-D microstructure of novel fiber-reinforced cement-based FGMs. Thus real 3-D microstructural measurements (e.g. fiber distribution & orientation, porosity) are obtained from the image analysis.

Micro-CT (Computed Tomography):

*Credit: figure from Skyscan Company

The picture shows a SkyScan-1172 High-resolution desk-top micro-CT system.

It is installed in VMIL lab in the Beckman Institute at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.