Guide for Electrolytic Polishing of Metallographic Specimens

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Author(s):  
E. U. Lee ◽  
P. A. Garner ◽  
J. S. Owens

Evidence for ordering (1-6) of interstitial impurities (O and C) has been obtained in b.c.c. metals, such as niobium and tantalum. In this paper we report the atomic and microstructural changes in an oxygenated c.p.h. metal (alpha titanium) as observed by transmission electron microscopy and diffraction.Oxygen was introduced into zone-refined iodide titanium sheets of 0.005 in. thickness in an atmosphere of oxygen and argon at 650°C, homogenized at 800°C and furnace-cooled in argon. Subsequently, thin foils were prepared by electrolytic polishing and examined in a JEM-7 electron microscope, operated at 100 KV.


Nature ◽  
1938 ◽  
Vol 142 (3609) ◽  
pp. 1161-1161 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. H. J. VERNON ◽  
E. G. STROUD

2006 ◽  
Vol 104 (10) ◽  
pp. 25-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne Chandler

2021 ◽  
Vol 2144 (1) ◽  
pp. 012027
Author(s):  
S S Korableva ◽  
I R Palenov ◽  
I M Naumov ◽  
A A Smirnov ◽  
I A Kusmanova ◽  
...  

Abstract The possibility of cathodic plasma electrolytic boriding of medium-carbon steel in an aqueous solution of ammonium chloride and boric acid followed by anodic plasma electrolytic polishing in an ammonium sulfate solution on the same equipment with a change in the operating voltage is shown. The morphology and roughness of the surface, microhardness of the modified layer have been investigated. Wear resistance was studied under dry friction conditions. It has been established that cathodic boriding at 850 °C for 5–30 min leads to the hardening of the surface layer up to 1050 HV with an increase in roughness by 1.5–2.5 times and wear resistance by 3.5 times. Subsequent anodic plasma electrolytic polishing of the boriding surface leads to a decrease in roughness with an increase in wear resistance by 2.3 times.


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