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New Method for Characterizing Paper Coating Structures Using Argon Ion Beam Milling and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy
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- Dahlström, Christina (author)
- Mittuniversitetet,Institutionen för naturvetenskap, teknik och matematik (-2012),Fibre-based Material Technology, FSCN
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- Allem, Rafik (author)
- FPInnovations, Pointe Claire, PQ, Canada
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- Uesaka, Tetsu (author)
- Mittuniversitetet,Institutionen för naturvetenskap, teknik och matematik (-2012),Fibre-based Material Technology
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- 2011-01-11
- 2011
- English.
- In: Journal of Microscopy. - : Wiley. - 0022-2720 .- 1365-2818. ; 241:2, s. 179-187
- Journal article (peer-reviewed)
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- We have developed a new method for characterizing microstructures of paper coating using argon ion beam milling technique and field emission scanning electron microscopy. The combination of these two techniques produces extremely high-quality images with very few artefacts, which are particularly suited for quantitative analyses of coating structures. A new evaluation method has been developed by using marker-controlled watershed segmentation technique of the secondary electron images. The high-quality secondary electron images with well-defined pores makes it possible to use this semi-automatic segmentation method. One advantage of using secondary electron images instead of backscattered electron images is being able to avoid possible overestimation of the porosity because of the signal depth. A comparison was made between the new method and the conventional method using greyscale histogram thresholding of backscattered electron images. The results showed that the conventional method overestimated the pore area by 20% and detected around 5% more pores than the new method. As examples of the application of the new method, we have investigated the distributions of coating binders, and the relationship between local coating porosity and base sheet structures. The technique revealed, for the first time with direct evidence, the long-suspected coating non-uniformity, i.e. binder migration, and the correlation between coating porosity versus base sheet mass density, in a straightforward way.
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- TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER -- Materialteknik -- Pappers-, massa- och fiberteknik (hsv//swe)
- ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY -- Materials Engineering -- Paper, Pulp and Fiber Technology (hsv//eng)
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- Argon ion beam milling; coating uniformity; field emission scanning electron microscopy; image analysis; marker-controlled watershed segmentation; paper
- Cellulose and paper engineering
- Cellulosa- och pappersteknik
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