The 3D chemical distribution of a flame retardant in a fiberglass-reinforced polymer blend as measured with synchrotron x-ray tomography

Heath A. Barnett; Kyungmin Ham; Leslie G. Butler

doi:10.1117/12.681120

7 September 2006 The 3D chemical distribution of a flame retardant in a fiberglass-reinforced polymer blend as measured with synchrotron x-ray tomography

Heath A. Barnett, Kyungmin Ham, Leslie G. Butler

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Proceedings Volume 6318, Developments in X-Ray Tomography V; 631821 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.681120
Event: SPIE Optics + Photonics, 2006, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

A fiberglass-reinforced polymer blend with a new-generation flame retardant is studied with multi-energy synchrotron X-ray tomography to assess the blend homogeneity. Relative to other composite materials, this sample is difficult to image due to low contrast between fiberglass and the polymer blend. To investigate the chemical composition of this polymer blend, new procedures and algorithms were developed to produce, segment and analyze a chemical concentration distribution that assesses the flame retardant distribution throughout the blend. The results show an extremely homogenous system to the level of the tomography resolution, 3.26 μm. The processes and algorithms used herein include: (a) correction of reconstructed subvolumes absorption values, (b) model for chemical distribution, including the fiberglass matrix, (c) model for chemical distribution, excluding the fiberglass matrix, and (d) an algorithm for generating the radial concentration distribution about the glass fibers in the polymer matrix.

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Heath A. Barnett, Kyungmin Ham, and Leslie G. Butler "The 3D chemical distribution of a flame retardant in a fiberglass-reinforced polymer blend as measured with synchrotron x-ray tomography", Proc. SPIE 6318, Developments in X-Ray Tomography V, 631821 (7 September 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.681120

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