Because cement is a heterogeneous material, made up of multiple components, Shahrin used a scanning electron microscopy / X-ray technique to find the areas in cement samples that had the highest ratio of C - S - H relative to other constituent materials. (sciencedaily.com)
(a) Schematic of a soft actuator device (left) and exploded view of the device and constituent material layers (right). (sciencedaily.com)
It is to some extent clear that the autopsy of a lamp which is dismantled into its separate parts, granulated and poured into separate jars corresponding to the various constituent materials, will not lead to any insight into the nature of light. (artefuse.com)