What is a fracture in materials and their types?
What is Fracture? A fracture is a material split that encompasses the entire cross-section of a material, component, or complex …
Failure Analysis
Annealing vs Normalizing: What’s the Difference?
Annealing vs. Normalizing Annealing is a heat treatment process of heating the steels about 100°F (approx. 55° C) above the …
What is Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (CTE) & Calculation in Welding?
What is the Coefficient of Thermal expansion or CET? The coefficient of thermal expansion is an estimation (change in size …
Brittle fracture & its types
What is Brittle Fracture? The term ductile and brittle is used to distinguish failures of materials characteristics by high and …
what is 885°F or 475°C Embrittlement?
885°F or 475°C Embrittlement It is a loss of ductility and fracture toughness of the material, because of the metallurgical …
What is Spheroidization?
Spheroidization phenomena Spheroidization or also called softening refers to the microstructural changes in steel when it is subjected to a …
What is Graphitization in Carbon steel, low alloy steel?
Graphitization Meaning & graphitization temperature? Graphitization means a change in the microstructure of certain carbon steels and 0.5 Moly steels. …
Basics of Welding Design & stresses in weld joints
Basics of Welding Design Welding joints are subjected to various types of loading and stresses such as longitudinal, transverse, shear, …
Schaeffler Diagram and its practical uses
What is Schaeffler Diagram? The Schaeffler diagram is an important tool for predicting the constitution of your stainless steel weld …
What is Hydrogen Cracking or Delayed Cracking or Cold Cracking?
What is Hydrogen cracking or cold cracking or Delayed Cracking? Hydrogen Induced Cracking (HIC) which is commonly known as Hydrogen …