Manufacturing Industry

X-ray instrument visualizes flowing liquids, solids, gases.(TESTING/ANALYSIS)

Advanced Materials & Processes, October, 2005

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An X-ray flow visualization facility that is a Plexiglas column the size of a tree trunk is now operational at the University of Iowa, Ames. The $640,145 instrument, called the XFloViz facility, can take X-ray images of liquids, solids, and gases as they flow through a Plexiglas column 12.6 inches in diameter and nearly 20 feet high.

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For example, a company that recycles paper can get a better grasp of what happens when ink-removing bubbles pass through a mixture of water and paper fiber. The XFloViz facility can see into the murky mixture and ...

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Manufacturing Industry

X-ray instrument visualizes flowing liquids, solids, gases.(TESTING/ANALYSIS)

Advanced Materials & Processes, October, 2005

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