The writer thanks Zhao and Darwin for their thoughtful reply, shedding more light on the complexity of backscatter image processing. The writer takes this opportunity to comment on their reply and addresses some fundamental issues.
A discussion of the paper “quantitative backscattered electron analysis of cement paste” by H. Zhao and D. Darwin
✍ Scribed by David Bonen
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 308 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-8846
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