Revealing Internal Changes in Metallic Materials in Three Dimensions Using Synchrotron Radiation

Kobayashi Masakazu

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Metallic materials such as steel and aluminum, which are indispensable for many industrial products, experience complex internal deformations that cannot be observed when external forces are applied. Yet the mechanisms behind these internal changes are still not completely understood. Professor Masakazu Kobayashi is working to clarify these mechanisms using SPring-8 and other large synchrotron radiation facilities to produce three dimensional visualizations of microscopic deformations inside metallic materials.

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