Category: Failure Analysis

What is a Groove Weld? Groove weld is one of the types of the weld (other types such as Fillet weld, Lap weld, Corner weld, etc.) where the weld is deposited in the groove obtained by two...

What is Copper Sulfate Test? Copper sulfate test is a chemical test carried out to find the presence of Iron (Fe) in stainless steel by visual verification. The test works on the principle of...

What is Fracture? A fracture is a material split that encompasses the entire cross-section of a material, component, or complex technical system, causing it to fall apart with irregular surfaces....

What are the types of Heat Treatment processes? Usually, heat treatment processes can be divided into annealing, hardening, and quenching/tempering. In this context, the Figure below features the...

What is the Coefficient of Thermal expansion or CET? The coefficient of thermal expansion is an estimation (change in size over a defined size at a certain temperature) of how much a metal expands...

What is Brittle Fracture? The term ductile and brittle is used to distinguish failures of materials characteristics by high and low toughness respectively. Brittle Fracture is the sudden...