Potential applications of synchrotron computed microtomography to soil science

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:10142833

Spanne, P; Jones, K W ^[1]; Prunty, L D ^[2]; Anderson, S H ^[3]

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1. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
2. North Dakota State Univ., Fargo, ND (United States)
3. Missouri Univ., Columbia, MO (United States)

Synchrotron x-ray computed microtomography (CMT) can be used to make non-destructive tomographic sections with spatial resolutions of a few {mu}m. This resolution presents possibilities for study of soil-fluid interactions on a spatial scale hitherto unreachable. Details of a CMT apparatus in operation at the Brookhaven National Synchrotron Light Source X26 beam line are presented and prospects for future investigations of test systems have been made and results for wet and dry samples of glass beads and sand samples are given to show the power of the system.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 10142833
• Report Number(s): BNL-47691; CONF-9211217-1; ON: DE93009343
• Resource Relation: Conference: 1992 annual meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America,Minneapolis, MN (United States),1-6 Nov 1992; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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SOILS
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
WATER
SPATIAL RESOLUTION
SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
MICROSTRUCTURE
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665100
BASIC STUDIES
NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES IN CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS