Introduction of microfocus X-ray CT scanner and application of marine resources

Masafumi MURAYAMA; Takuya Matsuzaki; Akira Usui

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Symbol M (Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary) » M-IS Intersection

[M-IS18] Marine manganese deposits: Origin, growth processes, and environments

Tue. May 24, 2016 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM 304 (3F)

Convener:*Akira Usui(Dept, Natural Science), Yoshio Takahashi(Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo), Katsuhiko Suzuki(Research and Development Center for Submarine Resources, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Chair:Akira Usui(Dept, Natural Science), Takashi Ito(Faculty of Education, Ibaraki University), Katsuhiko Suzuki(Research and Development Center for Submarine Resources, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

[MIS18-01] Introduction of microfocus X-ray CT scanner and application of marine resources

*Masafumi MURAYAMA¹, Takuya Matsuzaki¹, Akira Usui² (1.Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, 2.Department of Natural Science, Kochi University)

Keywords:microfocus X-ray CT, marine resources, manganese nodule

Microfocus X-ray computed tomography (μCT) by Zeiss was introduced to Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University . It is a nondestructive technique that allows visualization of the internal structure of objects determined mainly by variations in density and atomic composition. Here, we will introduce some examples of application of manganese nodule and crust.