Numéro
J. Phys. IV France
Volume 104, March 2003
Page(s) 425 - 428
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:20030114


J. Phys. IV France
104 (2003) 425
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:20030114

Tomographic studies of nontronite particles in aqueous media

C. Knöchel1, J. Thieme1, S. Gleber1, G. Schneider2, W. Bates2 and G. Schmahl1

1  Institute for X-Ray Physics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Geiststr. 11, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
2  Center for X-Ray Optics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, U.S.A.


Abstract
X-ray microscopy allows the direct visualization of soil colloids in water. In combination with tomographie techniques it is possible to visualize the three dimensional distribution of the linear absorption coefficient of soil colloids and to investigate the surface amount and spatial arrangement of the particles. First experiments of Nontronite particles from the XM-1 are presented.



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