Revealing austenite grain boundaries by thermal etching: Advantages and disadvantages

Materials Characterization

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 121-127

  Garcia de Andres C ^a   Caballero, F G ^a   Capdevila, C ^a   San Martin D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL METALLURGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Austenite grain boundaries; Microalloyed steels; Thermal etching

Indexed keywords

AUSTENITE; COOLING; ETCHING; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

MICROALLOYED STEELS;

STEEL;

EID: 0036771079     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1044-5803(03)00002-0     Document Type: Article

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