X-ray tomography scan of partially dewatered filter cake

X-ray tomography image of a partially dewatered filter cake. The initial slurry contains Al2O3 particles suspended in a potassium iodide-glycerol solution. These were separated by cake-forming filtration followed by dewatering. All filtration and dewatering experiments took place in an in situ apparatus within the Zeiss Xradia 510 X-ray microscope. The filter cake is dewatered until the minimum degree of saturation is reached within the pore space. A scan is taken at the equilibrium state before and after dewatering.