Micrograph 142 and full record
- Micrograph no
- 142
- Brief description
- Tough pitch copper, failed by fibrous ductile fracture.
- Keywords
- alloy , aluminium , ductile , fracture , metal, microvoid coalescence
- Categories
- Fracture, Metal or alloy
- System
- Cu
- Composition
- Tough pitch copper
- Standard codes
- Reaction
- Processing
- Applications
- Sample preparation
- Technique
- Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
- Length bar
- 20 μm
- Further information
- This sample displays a classic mechanism of ductile failure known as microvoid coalescence. The rough fracture surface indicates that a large amount of energy was absorbed during fracture.
- Contributor
- K Clark
- Organisation
- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge
- Date
- 24/01/02
- Licence for re-use
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
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