Fractal characteristics and fractal dimension measurement on broken surfaces of aluminum electric porcelain

Abstract

The characteristics of broken surfaces were researched by a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and a reflection microscope, and the fractal dimensions of broken surfaces were measured by the Slit Island method. The experimental results indicate that the broken surface of aluminum electric porcelain is a fractal body in statistics, and the fractal dimensions of broken surfaces are different with the different amplification multiple value. In all of measured fractal dimensions, both of values measured in 100× under reflection microscope and in 500× under SEM are maximum, whereas the values measured in 63× under reflection microscope and in 2000× under SEM are obviously minimum. The fractal dimensions of broken surfaces are also affected by the degrees of gray comparison and the kinds of measuring methods. The relationships between the fractal dimensions of broken surfaces and porcelain bend strengths are that they are in positive correlation on the low multiples and in negative corelation on the high multiples.

Keywords

broken surface / fractal dimension / Slit Island method / electric porcelain

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