Snow Characterization Workshop 2008 3D (Lecture 2) Martin Schneebeli
3D microstructural analysis two methods for 3D microstructural analysis: polycut = serial sectioning microCT = micro computer tomography polycut microCT
2D-section: 3D image: serial
2D-section: 3D image: tomography
chloro-naphthalene (three-phase)
3D image: tomography-BET
Principle of the new method working point -20°C 5×10-2 mbar Temperature -20°C und Vakuumdruck einzeichnen
Principle of the new method snow phthalate new method raw CT images "digital replica" snow image processing segmented images image inversion
Sample preparation: casting casting technique is identical as for polycut replace the air in the pores by diethyl phthalate diethyl phthalate: melting point -3°C, but solidification temperature is much lower (c. -30°C) freeze with dry ice
Sample preparation: trimming at -20°C to prevent melting of the phthalate cut and trim samples to cylinders of 18 mm diameter
Experimental setup: vacuum store samples in vacuum desiccator high vacuum pump: final pressure ~5×10-2 mbar optional: put drying agent in desiccator
Experimental setup: microCT when sublimation terminated: microCT measurement same measurement protocol as for snow
raw CT-images: Gaussian filtered (3D) Image processing raw CT-images: Gaussian filtered (3D) image segmentation: local minimum of the histogram as threshold threshold threshold phthahlate air ice air
Sublimation process
Weight loss vacuum pressure is a good indicator of the progress drying agent significantly accelerates the sublimation process normalized weight vacuum pressure
measurement of the phthalate after sublimation digital replica Validation: samples special sample holder for validation measurements CT-measurement of snow before casting casting and vacuum sublimation in the CT sample holder measurement of the phthalate after sublimation digital replica comparison between digital replica and orginal snow structure
Validation: visual comparison original snow digital replica difference image zusätzliche Vergleiche
Validation: structural parameters trabecular thickness trabecular spacing zusätzliche Vergleiche structural parameters: density, SSA, trabecular thickness, trabecular spacing, etc. relative errors are very small (a few percent)
anaglyph images of rounded snow zusätzliche Vergleiche
anaglyph images of new snow zusätzliche Vergleiche