Impermeable Voids
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Total Voids in Concrete
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2024
Total voids in concrete encompass gel water volume, capillary pores, and entrapped air. Gel water (retained within the cement hydration products) and physically entrapped or adsorbed water are significant for the hydration process. For complete hydration, it's estimated that the space needed for the products of a cubic centimeter of cement doubles. Capillary pores constitute the unoccupied space within the hydrated cement paste, with their size largely influenced by the water-to-cement ratio...
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Real-Time Void Spot Assay
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2023
This article describes a new method to study mouse voiding behavior by incorporating video monitoring in the conventional void spot assay. This approach provides temporal, spatial, and volumetric information on the voiding events and details of mouse behavior during the light and dark phases of the day.
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Imaging Studies VI: Voiding Cystourethrography and Cystography
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2025
Voiding Cystourethrography (VCUG) and Cystography are specialized radiographic procedures used to examine the structure and function of the bladder and urethra.Voiding Cystourethrography (VCUG)A Voiding Cystourethrogram (VCUG) is a diagnostic imaging procedure that assesses the anatomy and function of the lower urinary tract. It focuses on the bladder, bladder neck, and urethra, helping detect abnormalities such as vesicoureteral reflux (VUR)—the backward or reverse flow of urine into the...
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Determining Ciliary Function and Membrane Impermeability of the Pseudostratified Lung Airway Epithelium
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2025
Air-liquid interface culture is commonly used to develop pseudostratified airway epithelium by differentiating primary normal human bronchial epithelial cells that mimic the apical side of the lung airway. Here, we describe an easy protocol for determining its quality by monitoring its biophysical properties, such as ciliary function and membrane integrity.
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Application of Impermeable Barriers Combined with Candidate Factor Soaked Beads to Study Inductive Signals in the Chick
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2016
Protocols using impermeable barriers to block induction events between tissues of the main body axis and flank in the chick embryo required for limb formation are described. Beads soaked in candidate inductive signals are used to overcome the effect of barrier placement and analysis of gene expression confirms this.
FAQs
Fluid exclusion depends primarily on connectivity, not simply on the presence of empty space. An enclosed cavity can remain isolated from the surrounding pore network, so increasing pressure does not create a continuous route across the material. This distinction allows engineers to separate trapped, nontransporting porosity from pathways that can support water, air, or other fluid movement.
The volume and spatial distribution of impermeable voids influence how engineers interpret a material’s internal structure. A greater amount of isolated porosity may affect the available solid volume and local continuity, while its lack of connection limits direct fluid transport. Mapping where these voids occur therefore supports separate assessments of permeability-related behavior and structural performance.
Impermeable voids differ from connected defects in the consequence of pressure-driven transport. Both represent internal discontinuities, but only a connected network provides a route through which fluids can cross the material. Treating all porosity as equivalent can therefore misrepresent permeability and obscure why a material may contain internal cavities yet resist fluid passage.
It reveals whether observed internal porosity is isolated or linked to a broader pore network. That distinction helps engineers interpret transport behavior without assuming that every cavity contributes equally to permeability. In concrete, soils, ceramics, and manufactured composites, the result can also inform evaluations of durability, structural performance, and possible failure risks.
Engineers can use the interpreted volume and distribution of these voids as indicators for comparing materials and judging internal uniformity. These characteristics help connect microstructural observations with expected service behavior, especially when assessing whether discontinuities are likely to influence fluid movement, durability, or strength. The same information can support material design decisions.
They provide a way to distinguish isolated porosity from connected defects during evaluation of concrete, soils, ceramics, and manufactured composites. This distinction supports quality control by highlighting whether internal discontinuities are likely to affect permeability or durability. It also contributes to material design and longer-term service predictions, where transport and structural risks must be considered together.