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X-Ray Microanalysis Case Studies

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Background: As part of a study into the in-service failure of the bearing surface of a large water pump, characterization was requested of the hard-facing alloy, which was observed to have separated from the stainless steel substrate, causing the failure.

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Goldstein, J.I., Newbury, D.E., Michael, J.R., Ritchie, N.W.M., Scott, J.H.J., Joy, D.C. (2018). X-Ray Microanalysis Case Studies. In: Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6676-9_27

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