title: Prediction of the thermal radiative properties of an x-ray mu-tomographied porous silica glass.
abstract: A Monte Carlo ray tracing procedure is proposed to simulate thermal optical processes in heterogeneous materials. It operates within a detailed 3D image of the material, and it can therefore be used to investigate the relationship between the microstructure, the constituent optical properties, and the macroscopic radiative behavior. The program is applied to porous silica glass. A sample was first characterized by 3D x-ray tomography; then, its normal spectral emittance was calculated and compared with the experimental spectrum measured independently by high-temperature infrared emittance spectroscopy. We conclude with a discussion of the light-scattering mechanisms occurring in the sample.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Recherches sur les Matériaux à Haute Température, 1D Avenue de la Recherche Scientifique, 45071 Orléans Cedex 02, France. benoit.rousseau@cnrs-orleans.fr
authors.forename: Benoit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rousseau
authors.forename: Domingos
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: de Sousa Meneses
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Echegut
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Michiel
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Thovert