Your needs: analyze the microstructure of your material
Why analyze the microstructure of materials?
Understanding the microstructure of materials is a very important factor in the development and production of a new product or an existing product exhibiting new anomalies.
Indeed, in the event of material failure (metallic, ceramic, polymer or glass), it will be important to determine the microstructure of the part in order to understand the origin of the failure.
In this case, the FILAB laboratory uses several techniques to study and determine the microstructure of a material.
Our solutions: characterizing the microstructure of materials using cutting-edge tools
Our material structure analysis techniques
Techniques for analyzing and characterizing the microstructure of materials depend in particular on their nature. However, the FILAB laboratory primarily uses SEM-EDX and XRD techniques to study the microstructure of a metallic material. The FILAB laboratory also works with all types of matrices for:
- Validating material compliance as part of a failure investigation
- Analysis of crystalline phases by XRD
- Detecting impurities using ICP-MS/MS
- Determining and verifying the microstructure using SEM-EDX
- Determining grain size by particle size analysis
- Structural characterization of a polymer
- Determining particle size distribution by laser diffraction and sieving
Determining and verifying the microstructure using SEM-EDX or EBSD analysis
- Analysis according to ISO 945-1
- Verifying the weldability of an old IPN section
Why choose FILAB for analyzing the microstructure of materials?
At the FILAB laboratory, we have dedicated an entire department to materials expertise. Our doctoral researchers and specialized engineers therefore have highly qualified expertise in this type of analysis. In addition, our 5,200 m² analytical facility has no fewer than three SEM-EDX instruments, including two FEG systems (one FEG-SEM-EDX and one FEG-SEM with EDX and EBSD probes), enabling us to offer reliable, fast results at competitive prices.
