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Bess MTI performs on and off site metallurgical testing and failure analysis. Our service includes photography and optical microscopy, metallographic sample mounting and metallographic microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. We conduct microstructure studies, grain size analysis, inclusion rating, and heat treatment studies.
Our metallurgical lab also performs micro and macrohardness measurements, as well as a wide variety of ASTM and Mil-Spec chemical, mechanical, and nondestructive standards.
Bess MTI also provides compliance studies, quality assurance, and corrosion failure analysis. Our metallographic laboratory provides the following services:
Metallographic Evaluations
- Optical microscopy
- Scanning electron microscopy
- Energy dispersive spectroscopy
- Microhardness testing
- Micro and macro photography
- Digital metallographic imaging
Microstructure Analysis
- Case depth and plating depth
- Heat treatment evaluation
- Intergranular attack
- Carbide formation
- Retained austenite measurements
- Sensitization
- Formation of ferrite and sigma phases in stainless steels
- Grain boundary precipitation
- Eutectic melting
- Structural identification
- Grain size determination
- Welded joint evaluation
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