microfractography

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
   • A new microscope with a zoom lens system seems to be a step forward for the application of the metallurgical microscope to microfractography.2014 May 12, J. Schijve, J. R. Heath-Smith, E. R. Welbourne, Current Aeronautical Fatigue Problems: Proceedings of a Symposium Held in Rome, 23–25 April 1963, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 170
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...
   • The influence of temperature has been studied by scanning electron microfractographies for specimens with R = 0,1 and increasing temperatures ;1994, D. Coutsouradis, Materials for Advanced Power Engineering 1994: Proceedings of a Conference Held in Liège, Belgium, 3-6 October 1994, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 386