Classification of material characterization techniques.
Metals and alloys. Equilibrium binary diagrams. Fe-C equilibrium diagram.
Cooling diagrams out of equilibrium. Thermal and superficial treatments.
Sample preparation techniques.
Mecanical materials characterization techniques.
Metalographic optical microscopy.
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and transmission (TEM).
Mössbauer spectroscopy.
X- ray diffraction techniques.
Chemical composition analysis techniques:
Microprobe analysis (EDS and WDS).
Mass spectroscopy (SIMS and SNMS).
Photoelectronic spectrometry (XPS) and of Auger electrons (AES).
Thermal characterization techniques:
Dilatometry and thermogravimetry (TG).
Differential thermal analysis (DTA) and Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).

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