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FRACTOGRAPHIE [2 records]

Record 1 2011-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metallography
DEF

Descriptive treatment of fracture, especially in metal, with specific reference to photography of the fracture surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Métallographie
DEF

Technique de lecture et d'interprétation des cassures de matériaux, naturelles ou provoquées, en particulier des métaux.

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

A fractographic photograph.

OBS

Fractography: the microscopic examination of fractured metal surfaces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

Désigne l'image fractographique. On emploie plutôt microfractographie quand il s'agit d'un microscope électronique.

OBS

La fractographie [= analyse morphologique des cassures] d'un échantillon incomplètement compacté permet de mettre en évidence des manifestations des deux mécanismes (d'après Matériaux et techniques 1977, vol. 65, no. 11-12, p. 719)

OBS

Les images électroniques des surfaces de cassure, ou microfractographies, sont de la sorte devenues familières aux spécialistes [...].

Spanish

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