Microstructure
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Microstructure is the very small-scale structure of a material, defined as the structure of a prepared surface of material as revealed by an optical microscope above 25× magnification. The microstruct
A micrograph of bronze revealing a cast dendritic structure
Microstructure of a spiral tube originating from the 12th-13th century cemetery from Kukruse, Estonia. Copper alloy wire containing tin and lead. The spiral was mounted in plastic and ground. Tint etched with the Klemm's II reagent. Photographed with optical microscope under 200x magnification.
A computer simulated microstructure of composite materials
Ceramography
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Ceramography is the art and science of preparation, examination and evaluation of ceramic microstructures. Ceramography can be thought of as the metallography of ceramics. The microstructure is the st
Microstructure
…a prepared surface of material as revealed by an optical microscope above 25× magnification. The microstructure of a material (e.g. metals, polymers, ceramics, or composites) can strongly influence physical properties such as strength, toughness, ductility, hardness, corrosion resistance, high/low temperature…
Fig. 1: Thermally etched 99.9% alumina
Fig. 2: Thin section of 99.9% alumina
Embedded, polished ceramographic sections.
Knoop indention (P=1kg) in 99.5% alumina