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The design process was accomplished and outlined through its main steps, until the realization of a prototype. The furnace was conceived to carry out wettability experiments at temperatures up to 700 \u00b0C and under inert atmosphere on sessile droplets of a molten metal alloy, with a few millimeters diameter, posed on a thin ceramic substrate. X-ray imaging of the molten droplet is expected to permit an accurate three-dimensional reconstruction of the droplet profile and a robust estimation of the related quantities (such as the contact angle and the surface tension) utilized for the assessment of metal-ceramic joints by brazing. The challenges faced during this project, mostly related to the constraints of the setup, and the novel solutions implemented were discussed also with the support of analytical and numerical tools, in terms of interaction of X-rays with matter, geometry and working principle, heat transfer and insulation, material selection.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jimaging7110240","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,15]],"date-time":"2021-11-15T20:46:47Z","timestamp":1637009207000},"page":"240","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Analysis, Design and Realization of a Furnace for In Situ Wettability Experiments at High Temperatures under X-ray Microtomography"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"7","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1057-9581","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Roberto","family":"Fedele","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICA), Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1360-296X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fareeha","family":"Hameed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICA), Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy"},{"name":"Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., 34149 Trieste, Italy"},{"name":"The \u2018Abdus Salam\u2019 International Centre for Theoretical Physics, 34151 Trieste, Italy"},{"name":"Department of Physics, Forman Christian College (A Chartered University), Lahore 54600, Pakistan"}]},{"given":"Nicola","family":"Cefis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICA), Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy"}]},{"given":"Gabriele","family":"Vergani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICA), Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Martz, H.E., Logan, C.M., Schneberk, D.J., and Shull, P.J. 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