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Microscopy of Industrial Ceramic Materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2020

C.A. Bateman ,
J.J. Kilgore  and
P.J. Smaltz
C.A. Bateman
Affiliation:
Saint-Gobain Ceramics and Plastics, Northboro R&D Center, Goddard Road, Northboro, MA01532
J.J. Kilgore
Affiliation:
Saint-Gobain Ceramics and Plastics, Northboro R&D Center, Goddard Road, Northboro, MA01532
P.J. Smaltz
Affiliation:
Saint-Gobain Ceramics and Plastics, Northboro R&D Center, Goddard Road, Northboro, MA01532
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Abstract

The microscopy effort within the Saint-Gobain R&D labs involves working with a wide variety of ceramic materials. Samples vary from routine QC type work, to manufacturing plant emergencies, to failure analysis, to marketing support. A typical sample will require a variety of techniques to provide a solution within a few working days. Working in such an environment it is essential that people are aware of the different analytical tools that can be utilized in a given situation. For the microscopists in our lab this means a working knowledge of the techniques that are close to our core competencies centered around optical microscopy and SEM; these include AFM, XRD, Auger, SIMS, and FTIR, which are all used in a complimentary fashion. The examples shown here are illustrative of the kinds of problems worked on and the interactive nature of the solutions.

XRD of a siliconized silicon carbide material showed that it contained a higher fraction of the beta phase than was expected.

Type
Microscopy in the Real World: Alloys and Other Materials
Information
Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 7 , Issue S2: Proceedings: Microscopy & Microanalysis 2001, Microscopy Society of America 59th Annual Meeting, Microbeam Analysis Society 35th Annual Meeting, Long Beach, California August 5-9, 2001 , August 2001 , pp. 552 - 553
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2001

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