The AST-RX platform equipment includes a tomograph for microfocus and nanofocus analyses. It is the "v|tome|x L 240-180" model from GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies phoenix x|ray. The X-ray tomograph is located in Building 140, 43 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris. Key features: two interchangeable tubes (microfocus X-ray 240kV/320W tube detectability reaching 1µm-theoretically and nanofocus X-ray 180 kV/15W tube detectability reaching 500nm-theoretically), 400×400 mm detector 20242 pixels matrix (pixel size: 200x200 μm). The detector size (400×400 mm) limits the specimens to be scanned, as well as the objects size (maximal dimensions: height 600 mm, diameter 500 mm). Multiple acquisitions are possible, up to an acquisition field of a theoretical maximum of 800×600 mm, but they are time consuming and produce heavier data (4 to 12 times larger).
Potential Results
3D mapping of the inner parts of small objects that present an heterogenous structure (fossils, objects, etc.)