A computer-implemented method for characterizing a heterogeneous material comprising dispersed components, particularly particulate components, dispersed within a continuous phase of a condensate comprises the steps of: a) providing or selecting a sample of the heterogeneous material to be analyzed; b) acquiring at least one
digital image of the sample by a camera of a computing device, particularly a
mobile computing device, or by a camera connected to a computing device, particularly a
mobile device, and / or by reading into the computing device at least one
digital image previously recorded by a stand-alone camera; and c) determining the following characteristics: size parameters, particularly
granularity parameters, shape parameters, and the like, determined by
image analysis in the at least one
digital image. performing
image analysis, in particular image
particle analysis, of at least one digital image to extract one or more of the following characteristics: particle shape parameters, in particular particle distribution, orientation parameters, in particular particle orientation parameters, surface parameters, in particular particle surface parameters, roughness parameters, in particular particle roughness parameters, packing density, uneven distribution parameters, color, and / or
area fraction of components, in particular particulate components; and / or
area fraction of continuous phases identified by
image analysis in the at least one digital image; d) making one or more of the extracted characteristics in step c) available via a
user interface, via a
machine interface, and / or on a data storage medium.