Photomicrograph Database

Artifact ID BC 0660/0952
Negative Number 1609
Magnification 100x
Etchant unetched
Photo Date 7/27/1992

Alloy

bronze or copper

Structure

As-cast.

Metallographic Description

The sample stained and scratched very easily, so the photo is of the metal unetched. A clear dendritic structure is revealed, with large dendrites and extensive interdendritic corrosion that has eaten away any possible sign of a second phase. Nonmetallic inclusions. Cast, relatively slow cooling.


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