Metallographic Specimen Preparation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. A Review of Specimen Mounting Methods for Metallography

   • Delmar V. Miley, Arthur E. Calabra

   Pages 1-40

3. Abrasive Cutting in Metallography

   • James A. Nelson, Robert M. Westrich

   Pages 41-54

4. The Use of Wire Saws for Metallographic Sectioning

   • H. B. McLaughlin

   Pages 55-68

5. Electric Discharge Machining

   • Joseph Barrett

   Pages 69-76

6. Diamond Compounds for Polishing Metallographic Specimens

   • R. D. Buchheit, J. L. McCall

   Pages 77-94

7. Linde Alumina Abrasives for Metallographic Polishing

   • F. R. Charvat, P. C. Warren, E. D. Albrecht

   Pages 95-107

8. The Evaluation of Final Polishing Abrasives

   • William C. Coons

   Pages 109-120

9. Mounting, Lapping and Polishing Large Sizes and Quantities of Metallographic Specimens

   • N. J. Gendron

   Pages 121-128

10. Techniques of Specimen Preparation for Metallography Using a New and Unique Automated Polishing Process

    • K. H. Roth, D. M. R. Taplin

    Pages 129-142

11. Mechanical Preparation of Gd3Ga5012 and Various Electronic Materials by Vibratory Polishing Techniques

    • D. Medellin, M. F. Ehman, G. W. Johnson

    Pages 143-153

12. Magnetic Etching with Ferrofluid

    • R. J. Gray

    Pages 155-177

13. Decorative Etching

    • R. J. Gray, R. S. Crouse, B. C. Leslie

    Pages 179-206

14. Practical Applications of Cathodic Vacuum Etching

    • F. M. Cain Jr.

    Pages 207-232

15. Metallographic Methods Applied to Ultrathinning Lunar Rocks, Meteorites, Fossils, and Other Brittle Materials for Optical Microscopy

    • R. H. Beauchamp, J. F. Williford

    Pages 233-249

16. The Metallographic Sample Preparation of Fiber-Reinforced Composites

    • T. J. Bertone

    Pages 251-273

17. Plutonium Metallography

    • E. M. Cramer

    Pages 275-282

18. On the Use of Electron Beams to Characterize the Microstructure of Radioactive Materials

    • H. S. Rosenbaum

    Pages 283-296

19. Specimen Preparation Techniques for Scanning Electron Microscopy

    • N. M. Hodgkin

    Pages 297-306

20. Electropolishing of Thin Metal Foils

    • Charles Hays

    Pages 307-331

/.letallography is much more than taking striking pictures at high magnifications or polishing and etching specimens in such a way that no scratches can be seen. Basically, metallography is the physical metallurgist's most useful and most used tool for studying metals. Although it is perhaps his oldest tool, it certainly is not likely to become obsolete. Rather, the continued demands that have been placed upon materials have required more detailed charac­ terizations of their microstructures and this, in turn, has re­ quired the metallographer to develop new techniques to make these characterizations. Not too many years ago, the metallographer had only optical microscopes with which to examine his specimens. Now he has elec­ tron microscopes, scanning electron microscopes, and a whole host of instruments which were unknown to him only a relatively few years ago. This has forced him to learn not only how to use these new instruments and how to interpret the information that they provide but it also has made him develop new techniques for preparing the samples for examination.

• electron microscope
• information
• instruments
• material
• materials
• metals
• microstructure
• microstructures
• optical microscope
• plutonium
• preparation
• scanning
• scanning electron microscope
• structure
• structures

• Battelle Columbus Laboratories, Columbus, USA

  James L. McCall

• American Society for Metals, Metals Park, USA

  William M. Mueller

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