Effect of Metal Microstructure on Machinability

 

Microstructure  ANALYSES PERFORMED AT LTI

Grain size (ASTM E112)

Extent of Carburization & Decarburization

Intergranular Attack & Oxidation

Sensitization

Alpha Case/Surface Contamination

Percent Spheroidization

Inclusion Rating (ASTM E45)

Plating Thickness

Case Depth

Carbide Precipitation

Ferrite by Point Count (ASTM E562)

Nodularity, Nodule Count

Eutectic Melting

Volume fraction of various phases or second phase particles in metals

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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/030716976803392105?journalCode=ymst19

Emmendorfer, Mark C., "Effect of microstructural features on steel machinability" (2018). Masters Theses. 

https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/7814

REVIEW ON MICROSTRUCTURE ANALYSIS OF METALS 

AND ALLOYS USING IMAGE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES

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Suganthini Rekha, 2V.K.Bupesh Raja*

Frontiers in Automobile and Mechanical Engineering IOP Publishing

IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 197 (2017) 012010 doi:10.1088/1757-899X/197/1/012010