COURSE OVERVIEW

This practical and highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises. Theory learned will be applied using our state-of-the-art simulators. 

 

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of Metallography Interpretation. It covers the metallographic terminology and principles of microstructural examination; the sample selection and orientation, metallographic standards and guidelines and metallurgical structures; and the abrasive cutting methods, avoiding heat damage during sectioning, cutting speed and coolant use and safety considerations. 

 

Further, the course will also discuss the mounting of samples, grinding procedures, polishing techniques and etching procedures; the documentation and archiving covering microstructural image capture methods, proper labeling of samples and images, digital storage and retrieval systems and linking results to material records; the optical microscopy, microscopy in metallography, image capture and calibration; and the quantitative grain size measurement, phase percentage determination and inclusion rating systems. 

During this interactive course, participants will learn the microhardness testing and correlation and stereological techniques, heat treatment structures and deformation structures; welding metallography, casting metallography, corrosion-related structures and non-ferrous metallography; the failure analysis using metallography, inclusion rating and cleanliness assessment and coating and surface treatment evaluation; and the over-etching and misinterpretation, mistaking artifacts for microstructural features, incorrect grain size measurement and misidentifying phases.