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Fascinating insights into the world of materialography await you every month in 2024! Find out more about our exciting preparations or get interesting tips and tricks from our experts. Look forward to our monthly highlights!

April Hardness testing and analysis of Lithium-Ion batteries

Lithium-ion battery technology has made enormous progress in recent decades, from the first Li-metal anodes to today's commercial batteries. At QATM, we focus on comprehensive quality control and offer analysis methods such as grain size determination and layer thickness measurement on LIB samples, supported by our fully automated Qness 60 A+ EVO microhardness tester.

Previous and future preparations

January Cast aluminum alloy 

Microstructure of a cast aluminum alloy, electrolytically etched with Barker etchant.

February Interesting facts about mounting

In the laboratory, hot mounting, cold mounting or light-induced mounting can be used. Our practical selection guide helps you choosing a suitable mounting method and offers you an appropriate mounting material for your specific requirements and application.

March Steel TIG weld

Microstructure of a steel TIG weld, etched with nitric acid

April Hardness testing and analysis of Lithium-Ion batteries

Lithium-ion battery technology has made enormous progress in recent decades, from the first Li-metal anodes to today's commercial batteries. At QATM, we focus on comprehensive quality control and offer analysis methods such as grain size determination and layer thickness measurement on LIB samples, supported by our fully automated Qness 60 A+ EVO microhardness tester.

May Multilayer ceramic capacitor on a PCB

Solder joint of a multilayer ceramic capacitor on a PCB. 

June Additive manufactured Chrome steel

Additive manufactured Chrome steel, etched with nitric acid.

July Interesting facts about grinding and polishing

August Carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP)

Microstructure of a CFRP.

September Additive manufactured copper alloy 

Microstructure of a additive manufactured copper alloy, after etching with Copper A etchant.

October Interesting facts about cutting 

November Cast Aluminium alloy with dendritic microstructure

Cast Aluminium alloy with dendritic microstructure, anodized with Barker reagent.

December Martensite and ledeburite in Steel 

Martensite and ledeburite in a Steel microstructure.