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Materials Sciences and Applications, 2011, 2, 1322-1330 doi:10.4236/msa.2011.29180 Published Online September 2011 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/msa) Characterization of Porosity in a Laser Sintered MMCp Using X-Ray Synchrotron Phase Contrast Microtomography 1 2,3 1 1 1 Emmanuelle Girardin , Chiara Renghini , Jack Dyson , Vittorio Calbucci , Francesca Moroncini , Gianni Albertini1.4 1Università Politecnica delle Marche, Dipartimento di Fisica e Ingegneria dei Materiali e del Territorio, Via Brecce Bianche, Ancona, Italy; 2Università Politecnica delle Marche, Dipartimento SAIFET—Sezione di Scienze Fisiche—Via Brecce Bianche, Ancona, Italy; 3Istituto Nazionale di Biostrutture e Biosistemi—Consorzio Interuniversitario—Viale Medaglie d’Oro 305, Roma, Italy; 4CNISM (Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze fisiche della Materia), Italy. Email: e.girardin@alisf1.univpm.it Received April 14th, 2011; revised May 16th, 2011; accepted June 3rd, 2011. ABSTRACT Direct Laser Sintering (DSL), a technology enabling the production of dense metal components directly from 3D CAD data, was used for the first time to produce a Metal Matrix Composite (MMCp) based on Al-Si-Cu alloy in view of its application in different fields, in particular for aeronautics. The porosity of the material obtained so was investigated by using optical and electron microscopy and, in particular, X-ray computed microtomography techniques. DSL is a unique technique to produce complex components in an economical way while computed microtomography is a unique technique to evaluate the porosity and pore and cracks distribution in a not destructive way. A near homogeneous dis- tribution of the porosity and pore sizes was observed both comparing different regions of the same specimen and also by comparing dif