Each stage in the analysis of inclusions by electron probe microanalysis is evaluated. These
stages include experimental design and instrument operation, specimen preparation …

Direct identification of the components of inclusions and precipitates can be performed with
the aid of the electron probe micro-analyzer. Although the method is restrictive as to …

The electron microprobe, since its inception by Castaing and Guinier, 1 has been the
method par excellence for inclusion analysis. With the microprobe, the in situ analysis of …

A strictly localized chemical analysis can often provide extremely useful information for many
scientific and technological problems. A localized and usually nondestructive analysis can …

FIG. 1. Display showing the black and white x-ray images of the elements in a complex
inclusion and also a color composite of these x-ray images.(a) Electron image of the …

Inclusions often have marked effects On mechanical properties of metals. Although the
significance of inclusion volume fraction, origin, shape, and type are well known, precise …

Identification of Nonmetallic Inclusions in Steels by Polished Thin Section and X-Ray
Microanalyser* Page 1 Identification of Nonmetallic Inclusions in Steels by Polished Thin …

An improved extraction method for analyzing inclusions in the microprobe or scanning
electron microscope (SEM) has been developed using a plastic extraction medium …

Grazing exit electron probe microanalysis (GE-EPMA) is a new method of EPMA in which
characteristic X-rays emitted from only near-surface regions of a specimen are detected at …

At the time of the advent of the electron probe microanalyzer, this instrument was considered
primarily a tool for metallurgical research (l, 2). Since then the domain of its application has …