title: Ultramicrotomy on fretting wear debris.
abstract: A TEM-sample preparation method for small amounts of fretting wear debris is presented. After embedding in a resin, the debris are ultramicrotomed to ultra-thin sections. In this way, valuable observation of nanocrystalline fretting wear debris originating from TiN-coatings could be rapidly obtained.
authors.affiliation: MTM-KU Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Wit
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Walet
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Celis
mesh_terms: D000497:Alloys; D008422:Materials Testing; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008867:Microtomy; D014025:Titanium
chemical_list: D000497:Alloys; C041500:titanium nitride; D014025:Titanium