microfractographic

adjective

Of or pertaining to microfractography.

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Meanings

adjectivemicrofractographic (not comparable)

alternative micro-fractographic · alternative micro fractographic

  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to microfractography.

    A detailed microfractographic study was carried out of near-threshold fatigue cracking in f.c.c. 316 stainless steel […]

    1993, Li Shiqiong, Study of the fractography and micromechanisms of near-threshold fatigue cracking and transgranular stress corrosion cracking.
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    New possibilities of the microfractographic method, especially in technical aspects, have been demonstrated (1960) by Forsyth and Ryder in the United Kingdom, examining fatigue fracture surfaces of light alloys.

    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

    The microfractographic details are usually hidden by the thick oxide layer, in particular in case of aggressive high-sulfur crack crevice conditions, and corrosion during prolonged oxidation times (> ~ 100 h) may completely mask or destroy the previously formed fractographic details.

    2020 August 14, Stefan Ritter, Nuclear Corrosion: Research, Progress and Challenges, Woodhead Publishing, →ISBN, page 142

Origin

From micro- + fractography + -ic.

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