Looking for the meaning or definition of the word metallography? Here's what it means.
Noun
(metallurgy) The study of the structure of metals and their alloys, by any of a variety of techniques
Examples
It is built up of a number of crystals of the same composition, given the name ferrite in metallography.
In metallography, an alloy of interest is ground flat and polished to a mirror finish.
Our metallography laboratory services include material analyses, scanning electron micrography and a variety of hardness tests.
Extremely careful metallography on tapered sections through the surface of the specimen has shown that fatigue cracks initiate at intrusions and extrusions.
The austenite-pearlite reaction Pearlite is probably the most familiar micro structural feature in the whole science of metallography.
With the advent of metallography, and as the body of knowledge pertinent to cast iron increased, other classifications based on microstructural features became possible.
