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Macroscopy
Background
Macroscopic techniques including etching, sulphur printing and fractography can provide important information regarding metallic samples. A range of equipment including digital cameras, light sources and a low power stereo zoom microscope are available to support such investigations.
Equipment
Nikon SMZ800 stereo zoom microscope- Zoom: x1 to x6.3
- Eyepieces: x10
- Beam splitter with C-mount camera adapter
- Coaxial episcopic illuminator
- Maximum sample height: 300mm
- Maximum sample depth: 300mm
- Light source: halogen reflector
- Constant colour temperature
- Ring illuminator
- Filters: red, green, blue, yellow, daylight
Standards
| ASTM E340-15 | Standard Test Method for Macroetching Metals and Alloys |
| ASTM E381-17 | Standard Method of Macroetch Testing Steel Bars, Billets, Blooms, and Forgings |
| ASTM E1180-08(2014) | Standard Practice for Preparing Sulfur Prints for Macrostructural Examination |
Nikon SMZ800 stereo zoom microscope and Volpi
Intralux 5000-1 cold light source
