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Magnetic Particle Testing of High Tensile Parts
Used in Aerospace Applications
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Figure 1 - Common problems encountered in aerospace materials: (a) seam on a shank made of low alloy steel; (b) ferrite banding in a precipitation hardened steel.
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Figure 2 - Wrought material manufacturing processes and microstructures: (a) rolling operation and effect on microstructure; (b) grain microstructural orientation along three axes (SL = short longitudinal, ST = short transverse and LT = longitudinal transverse).
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Figure 3 - Effects of multiple thicknesses: (a) part with multiple thicknesses and sharp radii; (b) quench cracks in short transverse face of a part made from UNS G52986.
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