Metallographic Preparation Procedures - Guidelines

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Aluminum	Aluminum-Silicon Alloy Zinc-aluminum alloy
Cast Irons	Cast Iron Hard Ferrous Alloys
Copper	Tough Pitch Copper Copper / Stainless Steel Weld Copper - Zinc alloys Manganese-Aluminum Bronze Nickel-Iron Bronze
General Ceramics	Alumina ALON BeO Cordierite Mullite Saphire Steatite
Engineering Ceramics	SiAlON Silicon-Silicon Carbide Silicon Nitride Zirconia
Glass and Minerals	Alumino-Silicate glass CuFeS2/MoS2 concentrate Graphite Slag Periclase
Electronic Components	AlN Electronic Substrate BeO Electronic Substrate Gallium Arsenide Substrate Multi-layer Capacitor Nickel-Zinc Ferrite Silicon Substrate
Lead, tin, zinc	Pure Zinc Zinc-aluminum alloys Tin Tin alloys Lead and lead alloys Solders
Nickel and Superalloys	Inconel Nimonic alloys Turbine blade Ceramic Coated Turbine blades
Precious Metals	Gold Silver Platinum
Refractory Metals	Rhenium Niobium Tungsten
Powder Metallurgy	Sintered Iron
Steels	Low Carbon Steel - ferrite / pearlite Low Carbon Steel - bainite High Carbon Steel (1095) Manganese Vanadium Tool Steel
Stainless steels	431 Stainless Steel Stainless Steel weld with Copper
Titanium	Ti6Al4V
Thermal Spray Coatings	NiCr Thermal Spray
Polymer Matrix Composites	Carbon-carbon Boron-graphite Glass fiber composite Polymer graphite composite
Metal Matrix Composites	SiC aluminum composite ZrB2 titanium composite
Ceramic Matrix Composites	SiC fibers - Silicon Nitride matrix Hafnium Diboride in a Boron Nitride Matrix SiC particles - Silicon Nitride matrix SiC particles - Zirconium Diboride Matrix
CERMETS	Tunsten Carbide