Welcome to Metallographic-Microscope
The difference of metallographic microscope from others is the ability to study objects with highly polished surfaces like metal. Due to the various possible applications of a metallographic microscope, buying one would give you a multipurpose investment. The many metallographic microscopes will allow them to explore different fields and broaden their knowledge with just one tool. The study of metals and alloys and more specifically metallography, the microscopic examination of metals and alloys, a metallurgical microscope, especially a high end one, is generally equipped to provide great help in other fields of materials science as well. Metallography is the study of metal and alloys.
Help in knowing objects through its physical structure and a property is done by the metallographic microscope. Metallography, in this art and science field, metal surfaces are prepared for microscopic analyses either by etching, polishing, or grinding the object in order to show its microstructure. An expert in metallography is identifying properties and processing conditions of a metal or alloy sample with a metallographic analysis. Archaeometallurgy, a subfield under metallurgy and archaeology, archaeometallurgy is the study of the history of metal use and production. With proper education and adequate experience, you can study a prehistoric metal object with a metallographic microscope and be able to determine its processing condition and use.
To help them in various kinds of research, many material scientist use crystallography. Single crystal provides vital information about the crystalline arrangement of its atoms because a crystal’s natural shape usually reflects its atomic structure. In deciphering defects in crystals and developing preventive and rehabilitative measures for them is helped by the crystallography. Identifying and understanding physical properties of many objects is called crystallography. A metallographic microscope will reveal the plate-like structure of clay and further study will show that its very structure is the cause of its easily moldable characteristic. With crystallography, the phase identification and enumeration of symmetry patterns in a given objects can be achieved.
A wonderful and interesting field under mineralogy is called gemology. Gemology, the art, science, and profession of identifying and evaluating precious stones, may not be one of the primary applications of metallographic microscopes but the latter is adequately equipped to answer basic questions in gemology. Properly educated and licensed gemologists would need post-graduate training and work experience in order to become a licensed appraiser as well. By an appraiser you can attach a monetary value to a certain gemstone or jewelry piece. The specialization is based on the type of gemstones. To become adept in studying rubies or diamonds, you can use metallographic microscope. They studied the natural and famous gemstones like diamonds, sapphires and emeralds.
To include them, the applications of gemology have a well expanded. It’s important for gemologists to identify if a gemstone is natural or synthetic, fracture-filled, treated, and color-enhanced. The forensic metallurgy offers a great help to determine series of events that leads to an accident or a questionable incident and determine the cause of a malfunction of the product or structure. For forensic metallurgy, a special type of compound metallographic microscope is used to be able to compare two samples or specimens with each other. Metallographic microscopes are used to identify defects in metal surfaces and to determine the crystal grain boundaries in metal alloys. This type of microscope employs a type of illumination, called vertical illumination, in which the light source is inserted into the microscope tube below the eyepiece by means of a beam splitter.
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