Download or read book A Transmission Electron Microscopy Study of Some High Strength Plain Carbon Steels written by George Joseph Vytanovych and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Methods of preparing foils of high strength, heat treated, plain carbon steels for examination in the electron microscope by the transmission technique were perfected and are described. Two processes for the initial thinning of a bulk sample were successful. A chemical process was found to be more rapid but not satisfactory for small samples. A mechanical process was slower, but was applicable to the smaller specimens. Electro-polishing the thinned material yielded acceptable foils from which photomicrographs of good quality were obtained. The microstructure of the high strength steel samples showed typical tempered martensite. No reasons for the differences in ductility of different heats of steel or for the differences in ductility of a given steel, when heat treated differently, were found"--Abstract, leaf ii.'