Optical Microscopy

Metallographic microscopes are used to identify defects in metal surfaces, to determine the crystal grain boundaries in metal alloys
• ASTM Grain Size Analysis
• Plating, Coating & other Layer Thickness
• Particle Counts and Size Distribution
• Area Fractions
• Porosity
• Nodularity
• Ferrite/Pearlite
• ASTM Flake Size Classification
PAX-it metallography software will improve your workflow for analysis of powdered metal, graphite in cast iron, heat treat, gray iron, powder metal, copper, and many other materials. Specific user-defined routines may be established for numerous materials including martensite, pearlite, ferrite, austenite, and many others, according to your own samples, sample prep, and optical setup. Easily capture, tag, annotate and archive images into your PAX-it database, all in one step. Then use PAX-it’s powerful image processing tools to capture those hard-to-view samples. With just a few clicks of the mouse, you can manually measure features including lines, angles, areas, arcs, and more. Or, perform automated image analysis on your samples to detect and classify the features of interest.

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