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2010
Conference Paper
Titel
Micro structural analysis of AlSi6Cu4 using quantitative computed tomography methods
Abstract
Today, microstructural analysis of metal alloys is usually done by preparing cuts through the object and subsequent light- optical-microscopy (LOM) or secondary electron microscopy (SEM) examination. Initially, this destructive method allows only 2-dimensional cut views, while a 3-dimensional volume generation involves the time consuming and possibly inaccurate preparation of multiple cuts and the follow- ing fusion to a 3-dimensional data set. Up- coming new methods like focused ion beam (FIB) tomography allow already a user friendly, but still time consuming 3D analysis of microstructure on a very fine scale, but the investigated volumes are still very small.