The alkali–silica reaction can shorten concrete life due to expansive pressure build-up caused by reaction by-products, resulting in cracking. Understanding the role of the aggregate, as the main reactive component, is essential for understandi...
Firing is a crucial step in the production of pottery, as it irreversibly transforms the clay into ceramic. Clay sintering and subsequent vitrification occur during firing, together with other transformations undergone by specific minerals and rock i...
Thin sections are fundamental tools in mineralogy, petrography, archaeometry, paleontology, and heritage science, allowing for the microscopic study of mineral assemblages, rock textures, ceramic fabrics, and fossil microstructures. Although thin-sec...
During the last thirty years, microstructural and technological studies on ceramic glazes have been essentially carried out through the use of Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) combined with energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX). On the contrary, o...
Accurate estimation of uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) is essential in geotechnical engineering, but conventional UCS testing is destructive and time-consuming. This study investigates the effects of mild acid exposure and freeze–thaw (F&nd...
This study investigates how lithological origin influences the engineering performance, stripping resistance, and multi-scale material characteristics of aggregates used in asphalt pavement applications. Three representative aggregate systems—c...
‘Slide scanners’ are rapid optical microscopes equipped with automated and accurate x-y travel stages with virtual z-motion that cannot be rotated. In biomedical microscopic imaging, they are widely deployed to generate whole-slide images...