Polarized light microscopy as a filter debris analysis tool

Lubrication Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 11-17

  Fisher, Gary C ^a  

^a Defence Research Establishment Atlantic   (Canada)

Author keywords

Filters; Filtration; Lubricant analytical techniques

Indexed keywords

FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); LIGHT POLARIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REFRACTIVE INDEX; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

POLARIZED LIGHT MICROSCOPY (PLM);

LUBRICATING OILS;

DEBRIS; LUBRICANT MONITORING; MICROSCOPY; OIL FILTER;

EID: 0032172894     PISSN: 00247154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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