The Visible Cement Data Set

Published

March 1, 2002

Author(s)

Dale P. Bentz, S Mizell, Steven G. Satterfield, J E. Devaney, William L. George, Peter M. Ketcham, James R. Graham, J E. Porterfield, Daniel A. Quenard, F A. Vallee, H Sallee, E Boller, J Baruchel

Abstract

With advances in X-ray microtomography, it is now possible to obtain three-dimensional representations of a material's microstructure with a voxel size of less then one micrometer. The Visible Cement Data Set represents a collection of 3-D data sets obtained using the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France in September 2000. Most of the images obtained are for hydrating portland cements pastes, with a few data sets representing hydrating Plaster of Paris and a common building brick. All of these data sets are being made available on the Visible Cement Data Set website at http://visiblecement.nist.gov. The website includes the raw 3-D datafiles, a description of the material imaged for each data set, example two-dimensional images and visualizations for each data set, and a collection of C language computer programs that will be of use in processing and analyzing the 3-D microstructural images. This paper provides the details of the experiments performed at the ESRF, the analysis procedures utilized in obtaining the data set files, and a few representative example images for each of the three materials investigated.

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Journal of Research (NIST JRES) -

Volume

107 No. 2

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Journal of Research (NIST JRES)

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NIST Pubs

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Keywords

cement hydration, image analysis, microstructure, Plaster of Paris, visualization, x-ray microtomography

Citation

Bentz, D. , Mizell, S. , Satterfield, S. , Devaney, J. , George, W. , Ketcham, P. , Graham, J. , Porterfield, J. , Quenard, D. , Vallee, F. , Sallee, H. , Boller, E. and Baruchel, J. (2002), The Visible Cement Data Set, Journal of Research (NIST JRES), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=860382 (Accessed October 8, 2025)