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Measuring pore diameter distribution of gelcast ceramic foams from two-dimensional cross sections

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posted on 2008-10-06, 08:26 authored by Andrew Williams, Colin GarnerColin Garner, J.G.P. Binner
Increasing applications for gelcast ceramic foams is making the effective, accurate and cost effective measurement of pore diameter and distribution of significant value to a wide range of research fields. Current methods either do not directly measure pore diameter or they require high equipment and time costs. Measuring pore diameter directly from sample cross sections is both rapid and cost effective but, due to the random nature of the pore location during sectioning of the sample, it under predicts the pore diameter. The proposed method identified that the mean measured pore diameter was 79% (2 s.f.) of the actual pore diameter. Numerical methods for correcting the pore distribution as well as the average pore diameter are presented.

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  • Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering

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  • Materials

Citation

WILLIAMS, A.M. and GARNER, C.P., 2008. Measuring pore diameter distribution of gelcast ceramic foams from two-dimensional cross sections. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 91 (9), pp. 3113–3116.

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© The American Ceramic Society [published by Blackwell Publishing]

Publication date

2008

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© The American Ceramic Society 2008. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of The American Ceramic Society for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in the Journal of the Ceramic Society and is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1551-2916.2008.02581.x

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0002-7820;1551-2916

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  • en

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