List of Articles

The articles and presentations that can be down-loaded from this web site are based upon work done by GFV while employed at Bethlehem Steel (1967-1983), Carpenter Technology (1983-1996), Buehler Ltd. (1996-2009) and Struers (2009-Present) and from the authors consulting work for companies such as, Latrobe Steel, Scot Forge, etc., and from his litigation work.

GFV’s bylined articles appearing in various issues of the ASM Handbook series have been listed here courtesy of ASM International, Materials Park, Ohio.

METALLOGRAPHY – GENERAL

A Layman’s View of Plasma Spray Coating Metallography

Advances in Metallography

Ceramic Preparation

Deformation Determined by EBSD

Equilibrium Phase Diagrams

Etching to Reveal Microstructure

Influence of Specimen Preparation on SEM Images and Comparison to LOM Images

Introduction to Metallography

Light Microscopy

Low-Load Vickers Microindentation Hardness Testing – Presentation

Metallographic Examination of Welds

Metallographic Preparation of Medical Devices

Metallographic Preparation of Orthopedic Medical Devices

Metallographic Specimen Preparation for Electron Backscattered Diffraction

Metallography and Microstructures of Heat-Resistant Alloys

Metallography and Microstructures of Stainless Steels and Maraging Steels

Metallography of Precious Metals

Metallography of Welds

Microindentation Hardness Testing – Article

Microindentation Hardness Testing – Paper

Microindentation Hardness Testing – Presentation

Microstructure of Nonferrous Alloys

Microstructure, Its Evolution

Microstructures of Alloys Used in Medical Devices

Microstructures of Hot and Cold Worked Metals and Alloys

Preparation of Ceramics, Cermets, Nitrides, Borides and Sintered Carbides

Safety in the Metallography Lab

Solidification Structures

The SEM as a Metallographic Tool

Thermal Spray Metallography for the 21st Century

Understanding Heat Treatment Results Using Metallography – Version 1

Understanding Heat Treatment Results Using Metallography – Version 2

What is Metallography

Archeometallurgy

Characterizing Iron Based Historical Specimens – Struers

Characterizing Iron Based Historical Specimens – Buehler

Microstructure of Historical Iron-Based Objects

Microstructure of Historical Objects – Copper-Based Alloys

Color

Color Metallography

Color Metallography from Microscopy Today

Color Metallography, Volume 9

Color Tint Etching

EBSD

Mechanical Specimen Preparation for EBSD – Buehler

Mechanical Specimen Preparation for EBSD – Struers

Metallographic Specimen Preparation for Electron Backscattered Diffraction – Part 1

Metallographic Specimen Preparation for Electron Backscattered Diffraction – Part 2

Specimen Preparation for Electron Backscattered Diffraction – Buehler

Specimen Preparation for Electron Backscattered Diffraction – Poster

Specimen Preparation for Electron Backscattered Diffraction – Struers

Vibratory Polishing of High-Purity Metals to Improve EBSD Results

Iron & Steel

Etching Isothermally Treated Steels

Imaging Phases in Steels

Martensite and Retained Austenite

Metallographic Characterization of the Microstructure of Tool Steel

Metallographic Characterization of the Microstructure of Tool Steels

Metallographic Techniques for Tool Steels

Metallography of Stainless Steel and High Temperature Alloy Fasteners

Microstructure of Ferrous Alloys

Microstructure of Stainless Steels

Microstructure of Surface Treatments, Platingsd and Coatings

Preparation and Characterization of Surface Treated and Coated Steels

Use of Selective Etchants to Identify Carbides in Steel

Meteorites

Metallographic Techniques for Iron Meteorites

Metallography of Iron Meteorites

Microstructure of Fe-Ni Meteorites

Nickel Alloys

Metallographic Techniques for Superalloys

Metallography of Superalloys

Microstructure of Nickel, Cobalt and their Alloys

METALLOGRAPHY – SPECIFIC

Indium Based Solders

Metallography of Titanium and Its Alloys

Microstructure of Copper and Copper Alloys

Microstructure of Magnesium and Its Alloys

Microstructure of Titanium and Its Alloys

Pb-Sn and Pb-Free Solders

Pb-Sn Phase Diagram

Picric Acid – Hazards and Safe Usage

Preparation of Composites with Al Matrix

Sn-Based Solders

The Aluminum-Silicon Phase Diagram and Eutectic Modifications

Aluminum

Metallographic Etching of Aluminum and its Alloys

Microstructure of Cast and Wrought Aluminum Alloys

The Al-Si Phase Diagram and Eutectic Modifications

Using Microstructural Analysis to Solve Practical Problems

Iron & Steel

Examples of Duplex Stainless Steels

Metallographic Procedures for Cast Irons

Microstructural Characterization of Carburized Steels

Microstructure of Austempered Ductile Iron

Microstructure of Carbon and Low-Alloy Steels

Revealing Prior-Austenite Grain Boundaries

Revealing Prior-Austenite Grain Boundaries in Heat Treated Steels

QUANTITATIVE METALLOGRAPHY

Automating the JK Inclusion Analysis

Comp-Aided Micro Ana of Spec Steels

Examination of Some Grain Size Measurement Problems

Image Analysis Measurements of Duplex Grain Structures

Introduction to Quantitative Metallography

Introduction to Stereological Principles

Introduction to Stereology and Quantitative Metallography – ASTM E 1245

Introduction to Stereology and Quantitative Metallography – Measurement of Grain Size

Introduction to Stereology and Quantitative Metallography – Measurement of Size and Shape

Introduction to Stereology and Quantitative Metallography – Volume Fractions and Spacings

Mnt of Ext Low Incl

Measurement of Grain Size

Measurement of Grain Size in Twinned FCC Metals

Meas of Grain Size in Twinn FCC

Measurement of the Interlamellar Spacing of Pearlite

Prog In Char Mat_Image Analysis

Standards for Metallography

FAILURE ANALYIS

Conducting the Failure Analysis

Conducting the Failure Examination

Failure Analysis – Materials and Manufacturing Problems

Failure Analysis – Service Problems

Failures of Locomotive Axles

Failures of Tools and Dies

Fractography

Identifying the Cause of Tool and Die Failure

Influence of Thermal Exposure on the Microstructure of the Lower Head of the Three Mile Island Unit 2 Reactor

Metallographic Assesment of the Thermal Exposure to the Three Mile Island Unit 2 Reactor Lower Head

Metallographic Examination of Heavily Eroded Structural Steel from World Trade Center Buildings 1, 2 and 7

Metallographic Techniques in Failure Analysis

Metallography and Failure Analysis

Microstructural Analysis of Steel from the World Trade Center Buildings 7, and 1 or 2

Microstructure and Hardness of Large Diameter Wire Ropes

Use of Failure Analysis in Materials Selection

Use of Light Microscopy in Failure Analysis

Visual Examination and Light Microscopy

When Fire Destroys