Metal Testing Services

Microstructure – Heating Element Failure Investigation

J.K. Analytical Laboratory & Research Center provides expert microstructure and heat treatment analysis. Our engineers extensive experience, combined with the latest sample preparation capabilities and techniques, identify defects or flaws, conformance to specification, and suitability of components for intended application in service.

The physical properties of metals – strength, hardness, wear resistance, etc. – and their performance in service depend to a large degree on their microstructure. The sample preparation and analysis of microstructure is referred to as “metallograpy”.

Industrial metals are composed of crystalline structures. The size, shape, orientation and chemical composition of these crystals, or grains, determine those properties. These characteristics are modified by a variety of manufacturing processes including heat treating, welding, grinding, forging, and others. Irregularities in these manufacturing processes may result in microstructural changes or defects which severely degrade a part’s performance.

Carbide defect analysis

Metallography and Microstructural Analysis applications include:

• • • Evaluate case hardened and through hardened heat treated components for conformance to specification.
    • Determine components heat treat processing including temperatures, time at temperature, quench type, stress relieve, etc.
    • Identify microstructural flaws, defects resulting in component failure or deficient performance.
    • Weld and welder certification. Analysis of weld defects and failures.
    • Characterized braze and solder joints and certify conformance to specification.
    • Analyze plating and coating defects. Characterize single and multi-layer plating and coating adhesion, thickness and conformance to specification.

• Rockwell Hardness Testing
• Vickers Microhardness Testing
• Brinell Hardness Testing
• Heavy Metal Testing
• Case Depth Testing
• Effective Case Depth Testing
• Nitride Case Depth Testing
• Energy Dispersive X-ray Analysis (EDXA) Testing
• Optical Emission Spectrographic (OES) analysis Testing
• Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) SEM imaging
• Materials Failure Analysis Testing
• Metallography Testing
• Electron Dispersive Testing
• Microstructural Examinations Testing
• Micro-hardness Testing
• ASTM Cleanliness Rating
• ASTM Oxygen-Free Copper-Special Microscopical Examination Testing
• Coating Thickness Testing
• Plating Thickness Testing
• Grain Boundary Testing
• Structural Identification Testing
• Plating Depth Testing
• Intergranular Oxidation Testing
• Carbide Formation Testing
• Carbide Precipitation Testing
• Retained Austenite Measurement Testing
• Heat Treating Testing
• Inclusion Content Testing
• Microstructure Testing
• Formability Testing
• Carburization Testing
• Intergranular Attack Testing
• Decarburization Testing
• Phase Area Fraction Testing
• Cladding Diffusion Testing
• Eutectic Melting Testing
• Metal Gas Analysis
• Non-metallics Testing
• Ferrite Content Testing
• Porosity Testing
• Density Testing
• In-situ metallography
• High Temperature Oxidation Testing
• ASTM Corrosion Analysis Testing
• Fractography Testing
• Weld Examination Testing
• Grain Size Testing
• Hydrometallurgy Testing
• Intercrystalline Corrosion Testing

• Angle of Repose Testing
• Ash Content Testing
• Borehole Logging Testing
• Buried Obstructions Testing
• Cement Permeability Testing
• Cement Stability Studies Testing
• Civil Engineering Testing
• Clay Lumps Testing
• Compactibility Testing
• Compaction Testing
• Compressibility Testing
• Consolidation Testing
• Construction Materials Evaluations Testing
• Dredged Materials Testing
• Durability Testing
• Effective Shear Strength Testing
  • Aluminum Analysis and Aluminum Testing
  • Barium Analysis and Braium Testing
  • Bismuth Analysis and Bismuth Testing
  • Boron Analysis and Boron Testing
  • Cadmium Analysis and Cadmium Testing
  • Calcium Analysis and Calcium Testing
  • Cesium Analysis and Cesium Testing
  • Chromium Analysis and Chromium Testing
  • Cobalt Analysis and Cobalt Testing
  • Fluorine Analysis and Fluorine Testing
  • Gold Analysis and Gold Testing
  • Iron Analysis and Iron Testing
  • Lead Analysis and Lead Testing
  • Lithium Analysis and Lithium Testing
  • Magnesium Analysis and Magnesium Testing
  • Manganese Analysis and Manganese Testing
  • Nickel Analysis and Nickel Testing
  • Phosphorous Analysis and Phosphorous Testing
  • Potassium Analysis and Potassium Testing
  • Selenium Analysis and Selenium Testing
  • Silver Analysis and Silver Testing
  • Sodium Analysis and Sodium Testing
  • Sulfur Analysis and Sulfur Testing
  • Tin Analysis and Tin Testing
  • Titanium Analysis and Titanium Testing
  • Uranium Analysis and Uranium Testing
  • Vanadium Analysis and Vanadium Testing
  • Zinc Analysis and Zinc Testing
  • Zirconium Analysis and Zirconium Testing
• Field Audits
• Frequency Domain Electromagnetic Survey Testing
• Geologic Hazard Identification Testing
• Geological Features Testing
• Geology Characterization Testing
• Geology Investigations
• Grain Size Distribution Testing
• Grain Size Testing
• Ground Penetrating Radar Testing
• Groundwater Pathways Testing
• Hydraulic Conductivity Testing
• In-situ Testing
• Land Surveys Testing
• Lateral Earth Pressures Testing
• Liquid Limits Testing
• Lloyd Kahn TOC Testing
• Marine Surveys Testing
• Minerals Ore Analysis Testing
• Nuclear Density Testing
• Oxidation Reduction Potential
• Particle Analysis Testing
• Permeability Testing
• Permeability Testing
• Plasticity Testing
• Resistivity Imaging Testing
• Rock Mass Characteristics Testing
• Rock Mechanics Testing
• Rock Slope Engineering
• Sediment Characterization Testing
• Seepage Analysis Testing
• Seisimic Refractance Testing
• Seismic Hazard Evaluation Testing
• Seismic Reflectance Testing
• Site Inspections Testing
• Slope Stability Testing
• Soil Compressibility Testing
• Soil Mechanics Testing
• Soil Strength Testing
• Subsurface Exploration Testing
• Swell Testing
• Swelling Pressure Testing
• Time Domain Electromagnetic Survey Testing
• Time Domain Electromagnetic Survey Testing
• Total Shear Strength Testing
• Triaxial Testing
• Tundra Support Studies Testing
• Void-Ratio Testing
• Water Tables Surfaces Testing
• Well Test Analysis Testing

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