The analysis of morphology of G2 ceramic funnels with the use of computer tomography
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2022-06-02
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Instytut Fizyki Jądrowej im. Henryka Niewodniczańskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk
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Abstract
Prezentowane dane badawcze są rezultatem badań morfologii ceramicznych lejków. Owe lejki były jednym z rodzajów substratów wybranych jako podłoże, które następnie było chemicznie funkcjonalizowane, aby pozyskały właściwości antybakteryjne.
Celem projektu NCN (2020/04/X/ST5/00127), w ramach którego wykonano pokazane tu prace, było otrzymanie materiałów antybakteryjnych. Ceramiczne lejki są produktami komercyjnymi i zostały nabyte w sklepie Chemland (Polska).
Funkcjonalizacja chemiczna pozwala na przyłączanie antybakteryjnych jonów (w tym przypadku miedzi) do ich powierzchni przy użyciu chemicznych cząsteczek - łańcuchów. Ten rodzaj przyłączania charakteryzuje się trwałym wychwytywaniem jonów, co zapobiega uwalnianiu ich do otoczenia próbki.
Przed funkcjonalizacją, próbki zostały zbadane pod względem morfologii z naciskiem na ich porowatość. Aby zaobserwować zarówno ziarna jak i pustki w materiale użyto tomografii komputerowej. Warto zauważyć, że po funkcjonalizacji materiał nie zmienia swojej morfologii.
Badania wykonano na Uniwersytecie w Miszkolcu (Węgry) w laboratorium 3DLab - Infrastructure for Fine Structure Analysis przy użyciu tomografu YXLON FF35 Computer Tomograph obsługiwanego przez jednego z super-użytkowników, Pana Ádáma Filepa.
Presented data is the result of the analysis of morphology of sintered ceramic funnels. The funnels were one of the selected substrates for chemical functionalisation in order the enhance them with antibacterial properties. The goal of the NCN project (2020/04/X/ST5/00127) described here was to obtain rigid antibacterial materials. The ceramic funnels are commercial products and were obtained from ChemLand company (Poland). The chemical functionalisation attaches antibacterial ions, copper ions in this case, to their surface with the use of chemical chains. This type of attaching ensures the ions will not be easily released to the environment. Prior to functionalisation, however, the substrates were analysed in terms of porosity. In order to observe the size of the pores and grains in the structure of the funnels, computer tomography was used. It is worth pointing out that the morphology does not change after the functionalisation when observing with the used technique. The analyses were performed at the University of Miskolc in 3DLab - Infrastructure for Fine Structure Analysis (Miskolc, Hungary). The used apparatus, YXLON FF35 Computer Tomograph, was controlled by one of the super-users, Mr. Ádám Filep.
Presented data is the result of the analysis of morphology of sintered ceramic funnels. The funnels were one of the selected substrates for chemical functionalisation in order the enhance them with antibacterial properties. The goal of the NCN project (2020/04/X/ST5/00127) described here was to obtain rigid antibacterial materials. The ceramic funnels are commercial products and were obtained from ChemLand company (Poland). The chemical functionalisation attaches antibacterial ions, copper ions in this case, to their surface with the use of chemical chains. This type of attaching ensures the ions will not be easily released to the environment. Prior to functionalisation, however, the substrates were analysed in terms of porosity. In order to observe the size of the pores and grains in the structure of the funnels, computer tomography was used. It is worth pointing out that the morphology does not change after the functionalisation when observing with the used technique. The analyses were performed at the University of Miskolc in 3DLab - Infrastructure for Fine Structure Analysis (Miskolc, Hungary). The used apparatus, YXLON FF35 Computer Tomograph, was controlled by one of the super-users, Mr. Ádám Filep.
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Two types of funnels were purchased and analysed: G2 funnels with the diameter of 30 and 65 mm denoted as F3 and F6, respectively. The symbol describes their theoretical average size of pores. For G2, the pore size should be in the range of 0.04 - 0.1 mm. The chemical analysis of Energy Dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (not shown here) revealed that the funnels are made of zirconium(IV) oxide.
Figures 1 and 2 show the computer tomography analysis of the F3 and F6 funnels, respectively. A tomograph scans the material at different angles and measures the thickness of each phase; here solid and air gaps - voids.
The results are compiled in the graph presented in Figure 3. The measured average size of the pores are 0.07 ± 0.03 mm and 0.09 ± 0.04 mm for the F3 and F6 samples, respectively. The detected pore size differs between the two types of funnels but they are still within the G2 range.
Keywords
tomograpfia komputerowa, spieki, ceramika, morfologia, porowatość, computer tomography, sinters, ceramics, morphology porosity
Citation
Mateusz Schabikowski and Ádám Filep: "The analysis of morphology of G3 ceramic funnels with the use of computer tomography." 2022
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National Science Centre
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2020/04/X/ST5/00127
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