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Figure 4: 3D rendering of a dense composite ~~ ¢" 
Figure 3: 3D rendering of an aluminum foam. with reinforcement density fluctuations (the 
The walls of the foam are shown in 3Don the dense zones are shown in 3D on the figure). 
figure 
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structure. 
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Figure 5: 2D reconstructed slice of a Al + 5% Figure 6: 2D reconstructed slice of a AS7G03 "egligibl 
Cu binary alloy. Three gray levels can be cast aluminum alloy. Silicon particles are under hE 
observed corresponding to : regions with a imaged in the eutectic regions. The phases SC, 
high copper content (light), regions with no appearing in light gray are supposed to be paricts 
copper (medium) and pores (dark). iron rich intermetallics. A pore can be seenin "Wr 
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