DOI: 10.31399/asm.amp.2016-10.p022 ISSN:
Advantages of 3D Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy
John Shingledecker, John Siefert, Daniel Purdy, Jonathan Tedesco, Andrew Szafarczyk- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechanics of Materials
- General Materials Science
Abstract
3D laser microscopy is opening new areas of study for metallic alloys and coatings in power generation applications. This article describes some case studies where laser microscopy has augmented, and in some cases replaced, metallic alloy characterization using optical microscopy or scanning electron microscopy.