title: ESEM observation of thermal shock cracking.
abstract: We report a simple method for a quick and efficient localization of thermal shock cracks as narrow as 1 micron or less, using Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy (ESEM). The non-destructive character of the technique is exploited in order to observe relevant fractographic features of the crack pattern.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de las Fuerzas Armadas (CITEFA), Provincia de Buenos Aires, República Argentina.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Corbellani
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alejandro
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Topolevsky
mesh_terms: D002516:Ceramics / Q000032:analysis*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / Q000379:methods*