In-situ synchrotron tomography of glass raw materials melting at high temperature

An in-situ tomography experiment was realized on the ID15 beamline of the ESRF synchrotron. A granular packing of sand, sodium carbonate and calcium carbonate was heated at high temperatures and observed in-situ while the grains reacted together and glassy melts were produced. The movie starts by showing the different types of grains and the granular packing at room temperature. Then images at different temperatures are shown for the same vertical cut.

3-D visualizations were realized with the Mayavi software.

This study was realized by E. Gouillart, M. J. Toplis, J. Grynberg, M.-H. Chopinet, E. Sondergard, L. Salvo, M. Suéry, M. Di Michiel, and G. Varoquaux.