Metallographic and Materialographic Specimen Preparation, Light Microscopy, Image Analysis and Hardness Testing

✍ Scribed by Kay Geels, in collabration with Daniel B. Fowler, Wolf-Ulrich Kopp, Michael Ruckert

• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 761
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Includes CD-ROM with document summaries of 87 ASTM standards, Standard Guide on Metallographic Laboratory Safety (E 2014), Standard Conversion Tables for Metals (E 140), and SI Quick Reference Guide: International System of Units (SI). Twenty-seven comprehensive chapters cover all important aspects of the metallographic and materialographic specimen preparation process, light microscopy, image analysis, hardness testing, and directions for establishing and maintaining a modern metallographic/materialographic laboratory. Part I is description of sectioning, mounting, grinding, polishing, and etching of specimens for examination in reflected light, enabling the reader to understand the mechanisms of the entire preparation process. Part II is a "hands-on" manual guiding the metallographer and materialographer to the correct preparation method, based on the material to be prepared and on the purpose of examination. More than 150 methods are indicated covering practically all types of materials, describing the preparation process from sectioning to etching. This part also includes a section on trouble shooting, covering all stages in the preparation process and artifacts developed during the preparation. Part III is a description of the optical reflected-light microscope with photomicroscopy giving the reader both an introduction to the subject and a manual for the daily work. Part IV is an introduction to quantitative microstructural analysis and automatic image analysis, both theoretically and practically with emphasis on the examinations based on ASTM standards and other types of commonly used analyses. Part V is a description of the most used hardness methods based on ASTM standards. Also other methods like instrumented indentation testing are described. Part VI gives directions on how to establish and maintain a modern metallographic/materialographic laboratory. The important rules and regulations covering occupational safety are described and commented on.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface......Page 3
Contents......Page 7
1 Introduction......Page 21
2 Sectioning......Page 32
3 Mounting......Page 72
4 Marking—Storage—Preservation......Page 98
5 Cleaning and Cleanliness......Page 100
6 Mechanical Surface Preparation—Grinding......Page 103
7 Mechanical Surface Preparation—Polishing......Page 138
8 Electrolytic Polishing/Etching......Page 174
9 Etching......Page 187
10 Introduction......Page 197
11 Specimen Material—Table 11.1......Page 199
12 Purpose of Examination......Page 206
13 Specimen Preparation......Page 236
14 Introduction......Page 543
15 The Optical Reflected Light Microscope......Page 546
16 Electron Microscopy—Scanning Probe Microscopy......Page 576
17 Quantitative Metallography/ Materialography—An Introduction......Page 583
18 Automatic Image Analysis......Page 595
19 Digital Image Management „Archiving…......Page 637
20 Introduction......Page 641
21 Static Hardness Testing Procedures......Page 644
22 Dynamic Hardness Testing Procedures......Page 662
23 Special Methods for Hardness Testing......Page 664
24 Introduction......Page 667
25 How to Build a Metallographic/ Materialographic Laboratory......Page 668
26 Occupational Safety and Health in the Metallographic/ Materialographic Laboratory......Page 682
27 Literature......Page 703
Appendixes......Page 704
Glossary......Page 713
Subject Index......Page 745