NSL's Metallurgical laboratory offers a full complement of instruments and services to tackle your mechanical testing needs:
Metallography
- Inverted and Upright microscope
- Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM/EDS)
- Stereomicroscope evaluations at 8-100X magnification
- Optical Microscope evaluations at 50-1000X magnification
- Photo Micrography
- Metallography properties measured
- Microstructure
- Morphology
- Alpha Case
- Decarburization
- Alloy Depletion
- Delta Ferrite
- Grain Size
- Intergranular Attack (IGA)
- Intergranular Oxidation (IGO)
Physical Characterization
- Tensile Testing
- Elevated Temperature Tensile Testing
- Compression and Tension
- Charpy Impact Testers * Newly added - 400 foot lb. Charpy*
- Hardness/Micro hardness analyzers
- Rockwell
- Macro/ Micro Vickers Hardness Tester, 0.3 to 30 KgF
- Brinell
