Scanning electron microscopy is an effective tool for studying and evaluating all stages of the construction life cycle (raw materials, fabrication, installation in a structure, use, recycling/reuse).
In any scientific discipline, not only the applied scientific method is of vital importance, but also the scientific tools used. One of the great advances in the world of science took place in 1942, with the development of the scanning electron microscope, which, with a resolution between 3 and 20 nm, allows the observation of the surface of samples at magnifications of up to 250000x, which gave rise to some important advances in understanding the structure and composition of building materials, as well as the phenomena and reactions that occur in their interaction with the environment.
Visitors to this exhibition will have the opportunity to appreciate, through a collection of 21 photographs taken with a scanning electron microscope, a detail of various materials that cannot be seen with the naked eye, thus approaching the spectacular world of images in the field nanoscience and therefore the different themes and lines of research that develop at the Eduardo Torroja Institute of Construction Sciences in Spain.
Curators: Esperanza Menéndez, Maximina Romero; Coordination and concept: Rogelio Sánchez; Graphics and layout: Carmen Aragonés
The exhibition of photomicrographs "What your eyes does not see" can be seen between October 16 - November 13, on the fence of the National Museum of History of Moldova, str. 31 August 1989 121A, Chisinau.
31 August 1989 St., 121 A, MD 2012, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
