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This awardedmicrograph posted 13 November, 2009 - 15:27 by Pankhuri Sinha
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Material (Name/Designation/Grade): 
Passivated galvanised steel.
Material Condition (Heat treatment/Service history/Source): 
Galvanised,cold worked, and coated with polymeric passive film.
Chemical Composition: 
Chemical Composition (Phases/Compounds): 
Polymeric coating on galvanised steel.
Metallographic Preparation
Etchant: 
not used
Special Techniques: 
not used
Imaging Details
Device: 
Scanning Electron Microscope
Mode: 
Secondary elctrons.
Magnification: 
1000
Special Techniques: 
not used
Image Uploaded By
Name: 
Pankhuri Sinha
Email Id: 
pankhuri@nmlindia.org
Morphological Features
Passive film having tiny invisible polymeric globules impregnated with passive solution.
References
Best Micrograph,Materials Science (SEM), was awarded to Swapan K. Das and D.D.N Singh, National Metallurgical Laboratory(CSIR),India, at the XXI National Conference of the Electron Microscopy Society of India,1997.
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