Sub-micron X-ray Computed Tomography Facility at Durham University - non-equipment part

来自许多科学和工程领域的研究人员需要研究固体材料和人工制品的内部结构；他们可能想要确定不同材料的比例、空隙的位置、水的存在、结构织物或许多其他可能性。直到最近，对这种性质进行准确的非破坏性调查几乎是不可能的。然而，随着新型x射线扫描机的出现，既价格合理又相对容易使用，一个新的研究领域正在打开。这些机器非常类似于人们在医院里发现的计算机断层扫描（CT）扫描仪。然而，这些机器的构造是特别适合于扫描材料，如土壤，混凝土，岩石和一些金属。该提案寻求资助，为土木工程、生物工程、制造业、地质学、考古学和生物科学领域的研究人员建立一个新的XRCT扫描设施。他在杜伦大学工作。新设施将主要服务于在达勒姆、纽卡斯尔和谢菲尔德大学工作的团体。然而，其他学术界和工业界也有可能使用该设施。

Researchers from many areas of science and engineering need to investigate the internal structure of solid materials and artefacts; they might want to determine the proportions of different materials, the locations of voids, the presence of water, see structural fabrics or many other possibilities. Accurate non-destructive investigation of this nature has proved almost impossible until recently. However, with the advent of new X-ray scanning machines, both available at a reasonable cost and relatively easy to use, a new world of investigation is opening up. These machines are very similar to computed tomography (CT) scanners one finds in hospitals. However these machines are constructed to be particularly suitable for scanning of materials such as soils, concrete, rock and some metals. This proposal seeks funding to set up a new XRCT scanning facility for researchers in civil engineering, bioengineering, manufacturing, geology, archaeology and biological sciences. based at Durham University. The new facility will primarily serve groups working at Durham, Newcastle and Sheffield Universities. However it will be possible for other academics and industry to use the facility as well.