5. Glossary

Acier lédéburitique; Ledeburitic steel

Steel family with wrought eutectic carbides.

Attack; etching

Changes in the appearance of microstructures under the effect of a chemical reagent, as part of a micrographic study.

Métallographie; metallography

Visual study of metallurgical phases, usually microscopic.

Microtomographie; microtomography

Microscopic tomography.

Microstructure; microstructure

Composition of a metal alloy in terms of phases, precipitates and impurities, on a microscopic scale.

Quantification; quantification

Measurement of the quantity of metallurgical phases present.

Tomographie;...