Just like grinding, the materialographic polishing process using metallographic polishing agents is based on material removal by machining. However, polishing is performed using much finer grit sizes, assuring considerably lower material removal rates than with grinding. In brief, two processes can be distinguished in polishing: pre-polishing and final polishing.
Polishing with specific metallographic abrasives involves one or several steps in which remaining sample deformations are gradually considerably reduced until scratches are no longer visible on a microscopic scale. Exclusively loose abrasive grains applied to a polishing cloth are used during this process. At the end of the polishing process, the material sample has a polished surface suitable for chemical etching as well as for subsequent microstructure evaluations.
Our metallographic polishing materials are exclusively manufactured from high quality constituents. Diamond has the edge on aluminium oxide Al2O3 when it comes to hardness, sharpness, and cutting ability, making it the most frequently used polishing agent. During the materialographic polishing process , diamond is used in diamond pastes or diamond suspensions.
Aluminium oxide Al2O3 alumina is only rarely used these days. It can be applied for softer materials during the final polishing step with a grit 1 — 0. Silicon dioxide , SiO 2 , in colloidal suspension may also be used as extra-fine polishing agent.
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During the sample preparation process , not only polishing agents but also appropriate polishing pads and lubricants are required. Special cloths made of synthetic fibres, felt, flock, or wool can be used as polishing pads. Preparation typically involves sectioning, mounting in various polymer systems, grinding and polishing to a mirror surface, chemical or electro etching of the surfaces, optical or electron microscopy, and micro or nano indentation hardness testing.
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Macro hardness testing is also carried out in the Metallographic lab. Preparation of samples using various media including SiC, alumina, cerium oxide, silica, or diamond. Digital Rockwell macro hardness tester and a micro-indentation hardness tester for Knoop or micro Vickers. Search Search Search.
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