Photomicrograph Database

Artifact ID DK 0151/0331
Negative Number NS231
Magnification 100x
Etchant AH/HP, FeCl3
Photo Date 7/7/2000

Alloy

high-tin bronze

Structure

Hot-worked and quenched.

Metallographic Description

A beta-tin martensite. A crack pattern along one edge suggests the high brittleness of this alloy. There is little alpha, but the flattened inclusions are probably due to hot working.




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