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Articles | Volume 7, issue 4
Articles | Volume 7, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-1059-2016
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Articles | Volume 7, issue 4
Research article
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15 Jul 2016
Research article |  | 15 Jul 2016

4-D imaging of sub-second dynamics in pore-scale processes using real-time synchrotron X-ray tomography

Katherine J. Dobson, Sophia B. Coban, Samuel A. McDonald, Joanna N. Walsh, Robert C. Atwood, and Philip J. Withers

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State-of-the-art synchrotron x-ray imaging was used to observe micron scale transport processes in real time. The 20 Hz 3-D image acquisition rates give experimental data free from motion artefacts, and suitable for detailed quantitative analysis of the dynamic fluid distribution, flow pathways and processes. The method marks a major breakthrough in our ability to capture both sub-second and lower frequency non-equilibrium process in many geological or engineering systems.
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Pore-scale tomography & imaging - applications, techniques...