microfractographies

Noun

microfractography (countable and uncountable, plural microfractographies)

1. (uncountable) Fractography using microscope.
   • Microfractography, the study of fracture interfaces by metallographic examination, has become a valuable technique through its use with the electron microscope.1963, G. E. Miller, T. K. Bierlein, B. Mastel, Microfractography of Alpha Plutonium: Replica Techniques, Hanford Atomic Products Operation, page 3
2. (countable) An examination of surface fractures using a microscope.
   • Microfractography - the examination of a fracture surface under high and ultra-high magnification by means of an optical or an electron-microscope - makes it possible to study the mechanism of crack propagation under fatigue stresses in relation to external and internal parameters which are...1966, Gerhard Jacoby, Application of microfractography to the study of crack propagation under fatigue stresses, Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development Paris, archived from the...