Inspired by the challenge of determining the nature of cracks on the ankles of Michelangelo's statue David, we discovered that one can image SF(6) gas in cracks in marble samples with alacrity. The imaging method produces images of gas with a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 100-250, which is very hig
Imaging Cracks in Marble with Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Inert Fluorinated Gases
β Scribed by D. O. Kuethe; M. D. Scholz
- Book ID
- 106220375
- Publisher
- Springer Vienna
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 425 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0937-9347
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