- Author
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Bentz, D. P.
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Mizell, S.
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Satterfield, S. G.
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Devaney, J. E.
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George, W. L.
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Ketcham, P. M.
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Graham, J. R.
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Porterfield, J. E.
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Quenard, D. A.
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Vallee, F. A.
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Sallee, H
- Title
- Visible Cement Data Set.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
Centre Scientifique et Technique du Batiment, Grenoble and Marne-la-Vallee, France
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France
- Journal
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Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Vol. 107,
No. 2,
137-148,
March/Arpil 2002
- Distribution
- AVALIABLE ONLINE: http://www.nist.gov/jres
- Keywords
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cements
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cement hydration
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image analysis
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microstructure
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Plaster of Paris
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visualization
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x-ray microtomography
- Abstract
- With advances in X-ray microtomography, it is now possible to obtain three-dimensional representations of a material's microstructure with a spatial resolution of better than one micrometer per voxel. The Visible Cement Data Set represents a collection of 3-D data sets obtained using the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France in September of 2000. Most of the images obtained are for hydrating portland cements pastes, with a few data sets representing hydrating Plaster of Paris and a common building brick. All of these data sets are being made available on the Visible Cement Data Set website at http://visiblecement.nist.gov. The website includes the raw 3-D datafiles, a description of the material imaged for each data set, example two-dimensional images and visualizations for each data set, and a collection of C language computer programs that will be of use in processing and analyzing the 3-D microstructural images. This paper provides the details of the experiments performed at the ESRF, the analysis procedures utilized in obtaining the data set files, and a few representative example images for each of the three materials investigated.