Advanced Metallographic Techniques

Class size is limited to 12 students to maximize interaction with the instructor and carefully guided hands-on lab work. Be sure to register early!

1. Overview of modern specimen preparation procedures.
   
   
2. Operation of laboratory equipment - cutoff machines, mounting presses, electropolisher, automated grinding/polishing machines
   
   
3. Etching and etchants - chemical, electrolytic, anodizing and color etching, selective etching
   
   
4. Instruction and practice in operation of optical equipment - metallurgical microscopes, metallographs, cameras for micrographs, polarized light, DIC
   
   
5. Quantitative measurements - calibration, case depth, plating thickness, grain size, inclusion rating, volume fraction, stereolqgkal concepts
   
   
6. Microhardness measurements - Vickers, Knoop, theory and practice, ASTM E384

 

WHO SHOULD ENROLL:

•  Anyone who is a materials professional

•  Metallographers

•  Lab Technicians

 

SUGGESTED PREREQUISITES:

•  This is an advanced course for experienced metallographers

•  Students must have prior metallographic experience

•  Students are strongly encouraged to bring samples to class