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A low-cost, 3D-printed flow cell for studying liquid-solid systems using microtomography.
What is it about?
We present the design of a low-cost, 3D-printed flow cell for tomographic imaging and make the designs freely available so that researchers may use and adapt them to suit their experimental needs. We demonstrate its success with an analog system for metal recovery from WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) waste streams. The system is deployed on K11-DIAD.
Why is it important?
Solid-liquid chemistry is vital to many industrial processes. Flow cells, optimized for tomography, allow for studying these processes in-situ. Precipitation reactions can be viewed in real-time and visualised in 3D. But to get to that point requires a lot of iterative design work and often results in systems that are complex and expensive. We demonstrate a 3D-printed cell that can be constructed for a low-cost and utilised for studying liquid-solid chemistry with both lab and synchrotron CT instruments.