ESEM observation of thermal shock cracking.
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.
Corbellani
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Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de las Fuerzas Armadas (CITEFA), Provincia de Buenos Aires, República Argentina.
Alejandro
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Topolevsky
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D002516:Ceramics / Q000032:analysis*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / Q000379:methods*