Applied Metallography - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0442288360 ISBN 13: 9780442288365

Casa editrice: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1987

Riassunto

This book should be of interest to practising engineers in metallurgy and materials science, mechanical engineers, chemical engineers involved with corrosion and inorganic chemistry, industry engineers in the steel and metal alloy business.

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Contenuti:

1. Phase Identification by Selective Etching.- Phase Identification Methods.- Analytical Methods.- Chemical Etchants.- Tint Etchants.- Electrolytic Etching.- Anodizing.- Heat Tinting.- Summary.- 2. Potentiostatic Etching.- Electrochemical Background.- Etching As a Corrosion Process.- Relationship of Half-Cell Polarization to Corrosion and Etching.- Potentiostatic Polarization.- Interpretation of Polarization Curves for Application to Etching.- Principles of Potentiostatic Etching.- Comments on Empirical Procedure.- Survey of Etchants Used for Potentiostatic Etching.- Examples of Potentiostatically Etched Microstructures.- 3. Applications of the Interference Layer Method.- Objectives of Metallography.- Optical Characteristics of Metallic and Nonmetallic Phases.- Basics of the Interference Layer Method (Contrast Enhancement).- Preparation of Specimens (Grinding and Polishing).- Application of Interference Layers.- Characteristics of Layer Materials and Layers.- Applications of the Interference Layer Method.- Applications Involving Steels.- Applications Involving Nonmetallic Inclusions (Sulfides).- Applications Involving Aluminum Alloys.- Summary.- 4. Magnetic Etching.- Results.- Conclusions.- 5. The Gas-Contrasting Method.- The Gas-Contrasting Apparatus.- The Principle of Gas Contrasting.- Gas-Contrasted Microstructures.- The Interpretation of the Gas-Contrasting Effect.- Summary.- 6. Techniques for Stainless Steel Microscopy.- Historical Background.- The Nature of Stainless Steels.- Types of Stainless Steels.- General Characteristics of Metallographic Preparation.- Sensitization.- Stress-Corrosion Cracking.- Sigma Phase, Ferrite and Carbides in Austenitic Stainless Steel.- Preparation for Transmission Electron Microscopy.- Summary.- 7. Problem Using Quantitative Stereology.- Making Measurements.- What Is Measured.- What the Measurements Mean.- Instrumentation for Image Analysis.- Planning an Experiment.- Examples.- Summary.- 8. Quantitative Fractography.- Background.- Experimental Techniques.- Analytical Procedures.- Applications.- Summary.- 9. Methods and Applications of Microindentation Hardness Testing.- Hardness, Microhardness, and Microindentation Hardness.- Selecting a Microindentation Hardness Test Method.- Interconversion of Microindentation Hardness Scales.- Selecting a Microindentation Hardness Tester.- Specimen Preparation and Fixing.- Summary.- 10. The SEM As a Metallographic Tool.- SEM Image Contrast Formation.- Resolution.- Microscope Variables.- Specimen Preparation.- SEM Quantitative Metallography.- Summary.- 11. Metallography in the Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope.- The STEM Instrument.- Specimen Preparation.- Spatial Resolution in the STEM.- Imaging in the STEM.- Microdiffraction.- X-Ray Microanalysis.- Electron Energy-Loss Spectrometry (EELS).- Specimen Thickness.- Summary.- 12. Metallography and Welding Process Control.- Characteristic Features of Welds.- Solidification Microstructure.- Solid-State Transformation in Weld Metal.- Heat-Affected Zone.- Partly Molten Zone.- Welding of Dissimilar Metals.- 13. Microscopy and the Development of Free-Machining Steels.- Specimen Preparation Methods.- Macro Evidence of Microstructure.- Qualitative Metallography.- Quantitative Metallography.- Electrolytic Inclusion Extraction (EIE).- Sterological Methods.- Metallographic Techniques Applied to the Metal Cutting Process.- Conclusion.- 14. Microscopy and Titanium Alloy Development.- Metallographic Techniques.- Microstructure Development.- Alpha and Near-Alpha Phase Alloys.- Alpha+Beta Alloys.- Beta Alloys.- Summary.- 15. Use of Microscopy in Failure Analysis.- Failure Mechanisms.- Failure Analysis Methodology.- Conclusion.- 16. Microscopy and the Study of Wear.- Wear Modes.- Microscopy.- Preparation of Specimens.- Interpretation.- Metallography.- Stero-Pair Analysis.- Transmission Electron Microscopy.- Wear Debris.- Summary.- 17. Microscopy and the Study of Corrosion.- Forms and Mechanisms of Corrosion.- Investigative Methods in Corrosion Science and Engineering Practice.- Applied Microscopy—Case Studies.- Pitting Corrosion—Laboratory Studies.- Pitting Corrosion—Field Studies.- Corrosion-Erosion.- Stress Corrosion, Embrittlement, and Fracture.- Summary.

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• Editore: Van Nostrand Reinhold
• Data di pubblicazione: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0442288360
• ISBN 13: 9780442288365
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 301
• Redattore: Vander Voort George F.