Szabó Péter János 1992-ben szerzett villamosmérnöki oklevelet a Budapesti Műszaki
Egyetemen, majd 1995-ben PhD-fokozatot nagyfelbontású röntgen vonalprofil-analízis …

Editor's Note: We are extremely pleased to be able to present to you in this issue the superb
work of Mrs. Janina Radzikowska, senior metallographer at the Foundry Research Institute …

The excitation and emission phenomena and the physical properties used for the
identification of elements in modern methods of thin film and surface analysis (laser optical …

In a step-by-step identification process, the DGM working group Quantitative Structural
Analysis (DGM= German Society for Materials Science) determined some focal points for a …

Acicular ferrite is a needle shaped modification of ferrite, which nucleates intergranularly at
non-metallic inclusions. Due to the fine grained structure of acicular ferrite, it offers excellent …

The traditional trading of iron ores is based on chemical specifications and particle size
distribution. However, recent characterisation studies, that bring additional information like …

In the present study, suitability of laser-ablation inductively coupled plasma mass
spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) for characterization of the purity and homogeneity of lanthanum …

Upon nitriding of a Fe-3% Cr alloy at 550° C during 48 h at a nitriding potential KN= 5 atm−
1/2, finely dispersed CrN grains precipitate. Considering that the nitrides developing within …

The identification and quantification of the different ferrite microconstituents in steels has
long been a major challenge for metallurgists. Manual point counting from images obtained …

More than thirty years since the manufacture of the first commercial ferrites, research and
development efforts continue to produce ferrites with enhanced performance and new …