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Purpose of Examination



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Abstract

FOR A GIVEN MATERIAL SEVERAL PREPARATION METHODS WILL USUally be available, however, the correct method should be chosen based on the purpose of examination. For this reason, a number of relevant purposes are stated with each material/method in the Material/Preparation Tables, (see Section 13.2.3).


Keywords:
Metallography, Materialography, Preparation methods, Sample preparation, Mechanical polishing, Electrolytic polishing, Cutting, Sectioning, Hot mounting, Cold mounting, Grinding, Polishing, Polishing artifact, Etching, Microscope, Quantitative metallography, Stereology, Vickers hardness, Quality control, Microstructure

Paper ID: MNL11192M
Committee/Subcommittee: E04.93
DOI: 10.1520/MNL11192M
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ISBN10: 0-8031-4265-X
ISBN13: 978-0-8031-4265-7