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X-ray dark field imaging
(2014)
A new kind of enhanced contrast X-ray imaging of weakly absorbing materials in dark field mode is presented.
Samples such as plastics and biological tissue are a perpetual challenge for radiographic imaging. Recent innovative approaches such as Diffraction Enhanced Imaging (DEI), “phase contrast”, grating interferometry (Talbot-Lau), or Refraction Enhanced Imaging (REI) have in common that they yield enhanced contrast based on deflected X-rays.
Here, we introduce a REI modification, which works with a slightly bent single crystal reflecting in Bragg geometry. The samples are placed upstream of the thin crystal within a parallel synchrotron beam. The crystal’s curvature creates a dark-field stripe in the transmission image, similar to the inverse of a Darwin-Prins rocking curve of plane crystals. The reflection condition is met better or worse as a steady function of incidence position.
Refracted beam portions of sample interfaces appear bright on black stripes. The entire image is finally synthesized by multiple dark-field stripes. The technique is an alternative to the mentioned techniques. We demonstrate the technique’s advantage by examples of biological and technical microstructures.
We present a synchrotron X-ray tomographic study on the morphology of carbon fiber-based gas diffusion layer (GDL) material under compression. A dedicated compression device is used to provide well-defined compression conditions. A flat compression punch is employed to study the fiber geometry at different degrees of compression. Transport relevant geometrical parameters such as porosity, pore size and tortuosity distributions are calculated. The geometric properties notably change upon compression which has direct impact on transport conditions for gas and fluid flow. The availability of broad 3D paths, which are most important for the transport of liquid water from the catalyst layer through the GDL, is markedly reduced after compression. In a second experiment, we study the influence of the channel-land-pattern of the flow-field on shape and microstructure of the GDL. A flow-field compression punch is employed to reproduce the inhomogeneous compression conditions found during fuel cell assembly. While homogenously compressed underneath the land the GDL is much less and inhomogeneously compressed under the channel. The GDL material extends far into the channel volume where it can considerably influence gas and fluid flow. Loose fiber endings penetrate deeply into the channel and form obstacles for the discharge of liquid water droplets.
Microstructural aspects of composites such as reinforcement particle size, shape, and distribution play important roles in deformation behavior. In addition, Fe-rich inclusions and porosity also influence the behavior of these composites, particularly under fatigue loading. Three-dimensional (3-D) visualization of porosity and Fe-rich inclusions in three dimensions is critical to a thorough understanding of fatigue resistance of metal matrix composites (MMCs), because cracks often initiate at these defects. In this article, we have used X-ray synchrotron tomography to visualize and quantify the morphology and size distribution of pores and Fe-rich inclusions in a SiC particle-reinforced 2080 Al alloy composite. The 3-D data sets were also used to predict and understand the influence of defects on the deformation behavior by 3-D finite element modeling.
Einleitung
Die Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) hat im Synchrotronstrahlungslabor BESSY (im Wissenschafts- und Technologiezentrum Berlin-Adlershof) ein Röntgen-Strahlrohr (BAMline) sowie einen Messplatz für die zerstörungsfreie Materialcharakterisierung aufgebaut. Der Messplatz erlaubt die Untersuchung mit monochromatischer Röntgenstrahlung im Energiebereich von 5keV bis 60keV mit hohem Photonenfluß. Seit Anfang 2001 läuft der Probebetrieb zur Optimierung der Strahlungsquelle sowie des experimentellen Aufbaus.
Die Besonderheiten der BAMline im Vergleich zu Laboröntgenquellen sind der hohe Photonenfluss bei freier Wahl der Photonenenergie sowie die Polarisationseigenschaften und die außerordentliche Parallelität der Strahlung bei großem Strahlungsquerschnitt. Dies ermöglicht Refraktionstopogramme für Metall-Matrix-Komposite (MMC) in relativ kurzer Zeit, mit einer lateralen Ortsauflösung von 10µm, zu messen.
Das neuartige ZfP-Verfahren der Röntgen-Refraktions-Topograhy wurde an anderer Stelle ausführlich beschrieben [1,2]. Es nutzt die Messtechnik der traditionellen Kleinwinkelstreuung auf unkonventionelle Weise, und wurde in den letzten zehn Jahren in unserem Labor entwickelte und an die fortgeschrittenen Anforderungen für die zerstörungsfreie Charakterisierung von neuartigen Werkstoffen wie faserverstärkten Kompositen und Keramiken angepasst. Das Verfahren basiert auf dem Brechungseffekt von Röntgenstrahlen. Auf Grund der kurzen Wellenlänge der Röntgenstrahlen (l » 0.1nm) können innere Oberflächen sowie Grenzflächenkonzentrationen von Nanometer Große detektiert werden, so dass mit Hilfe dieser Technik sehr leicht Partikel, Risse und Porengrößen im Sub-Mikrometer-Bereich gemessen werden können, ohne dabei die Proben zu zerstören, wie es bei mikroskopischen Techniken notwendig ist.
Anwendungsfelder dieser Untersuchungsmethode sind z.B. die Erkennung von Faser-Matrix-Enthaftung nach Schlageinwirkung sowie Rissbildung durch Alterung und Herstellung bei faserverstärkten Kompositen.
Synchrotron-Refraktions-Computer-Tomographie - EIne neue Methode zur Erkennung von Grenzflächen
(2009)
X-ray computed tomography is an important tool for non-destructively evaluating the 3-D microstructure of modern materials. To resolve material structures in the micrometer range and below, high brilliance synchrotron radiation has to be used. The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) has built up an imaging setup for micro-tomography and -radiography (BAMline) at the Berliner storage ring for synchrotron radiation (BESSY). In computed tomography, the contrast at interfaces within heterogeneous materials can be strongly amplified by effects related to X-ray refraction. Such effects are especially useful for materials of low absorption or mixed phases showing similar X-ray absorption properties that produce low contrast. The technique is based on ultra-small-angle scattering by microstructural elements causing phase-related effects, such as refraction and total reflection. The extraordinary contrast of inner surfaces is far beyond absorption effects. Crack orientation and fibre/matrix debonding in plastics, polymers, ceramics and metal-matrix-composites after cyclic loading and hydro-thermal aging can be visualized. In most cases, the investigated inner surface and interface structures correlate to mechanical properties. The technique is an alternative to other attempts on raising the spatial resolution of CT machines.
X-ray refraction topography techniques are based on ultra-small angle scattering by micro-structural elements causing phase-related effects such as refraction and total reflection at a few minutes of arc as the refractive index of X-rays is nearly unity. The refraction contrast is several times higher than true absorption and results in images of cracks, pores and fibre debonding separations below the spatial resolution of the detector. In most cases the investigated inner surface and interface structures correlate to mechanical properties. For the exploration of micro structured materials the refraction technique has been improved by a 3D Synchrotron Refraction Computed Tomography test station. The specimen is placed in an X-ray beam between two single crystals, which suppresses all sample scattering. In addition, an asymmetric cut second crystal can magnify the image up to 50 times revealing nano meter resolution. The technique is an alternative to other attempts on raising the spatial resolution of CT machines.
The employment of synchrotron radiation for refraction topography of materials has considerable advantages over standard x-ray sources. The much higher beam intensity and the parallel and monochromatic radiation provide faster measurements and better angular and spatial resolution. X-ray refraction techniques image the inner surface and interface concentration of micro-structured materials. This effect of x-ray optics is additional to small-angle scattering by diffraction, when the scattering objects reach micrometre dimensions. We have developed x-ray refraction techniques within the last decade in order to meet the growing demands for improved non-destructive characterization of high-performance composites, ceramics and other low-density materials. Sub-micron particle dimensions, the pore size of ceramics, the crack density distribution and single fibre debonding within damaged composites can be measured and visualized by computer-generated interface topographs. For this purpose investigations are now being performed at the new hard x-ray beamline of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) at BESSY, Berlin. This BAMline provides monochromatic radiation of photon energies from 5 to 60 keV from a double multilayer and/or a double-crystal monochromator. A separate instrument is dedicated to the further development and application of synchrotron radiation refraction (SRR) topography. Different from conventional small-angle scattering cameras with collimating slits and pinholes, scattering angles down to a few seconds of arc are selected by a single-crystal analyser, similar to a Bonse-Hart diffractometer. A 20 µm spatial resolution of the scattering micro-structures is achieved by a CCD camera with a fluorescent converter. First SRR topographs of aircraft composites [carbon fibre-reinforced plastics (CFRP), carbon fibre-reinforced ceramics (C/C), metal matrix ceramics (MMC)] will be reported.