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Etchants for Magnesium and Alloys
ASTM etchant No. 118 - Glycol - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn <5%
ASTM etchant No. 118 - Magnesium - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 118 - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn >5% alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 118 - Mg-Th-Zr alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 118 - Mg-Zn-Zr alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 119 - Acetic glycol - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn <5%
ASTM etchant No. 119 - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn <5% alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 119 - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn >5% alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 119 - Mg-Mn alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 119 - Mg-Th-Zr alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 119 - Mg-Zn-Zr alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 119 - Pure magnesium - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 120 - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn <5%
ASTM etchant No. 120 - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn <5% alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 120 - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn >5% alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 120 - Mg-Rare Earth-Zr alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 120 - Mg-Zn-Th-Zr alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 120 - Pure magnesium - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 121 - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn >5% alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 121 - Mg-Rare Earth-Zr alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 121 - Mg-Th-Zr alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 121 - Mg-Zn-Th-Zr alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 121 - Mg-Zn-Zr alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 121 - Phospho picral - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn >5%
ASTM etchant No. 121 - Pure magnesium - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 122 - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn <5%
ASTM etchant No. 122 - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn <5% alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 122 - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn >5% alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 122 - Mg-Mn alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 122 - Mg-Th-Zr alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 122 - Mg-Zn-Zr alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 122 - Pure magnesium - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 123 - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn <5%
ASTM etchant No. 123 - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn <5% alloys - Electrolytic etching
ASTM etchant No. 123 - Pure magnesium - Electrolytic etching
ASTM etchant No. 124 - Acetic-picral - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn <5%
ASTM etchant No. 124 - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn <5% alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 124 - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn <5% alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 124 - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn >5% alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 124 - Mg-Mn alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 124 - Mg-Th-Zr alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 124 - Mg-Zn-Zr alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 125 - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn <5%
ASTM etchant No. 125 - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn <5% alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 125 - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn <5% alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 125 - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn >5% alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 125 - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn >5% alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 126 - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn <5%
ASTM etchant No. 126 - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn <5% alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 126 - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn <5% alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 126 - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn >5% alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 126 - Mg-Zn-Zr alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 127 - Acetic-picral - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn <5%
ASTM etchant No. 127 - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn <5% alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 127 - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn 5% alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 127 - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn >5% alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 127 - Mg-Th-Zr alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 127 - Mg-Zn-Zr alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 128 - Mg-Zn-Zr
ASTM etchant No. 128 - Mg-Zn-Zr alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 188 - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn <5 alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 1d - Mg-Th-Zr alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 1d - Mg-Zn-Zr alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 74a - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn <5% - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 74a - Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn (Al + Zn >5% - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 74a - Mg-Mn alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 74a - Mg-Th-Zr alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 74a - Mg-Zn-Zr alloys - Chemical etching
ASTM etchant No. 74a - Pure magnesium - Chemical etching
AZ21, AZ31 alloys - Chemical etching - General macrostructure
AZ21, AZ31 alloys - General macrostructure
AZ31B alloy - Chemical etching - General macrostructure
AZ31B alloy I - Chemical etching - General macrostructure
AZ31B alloy II - Chemical etching - General macrostructure
AZ31B alloy III - Chemical etching - General macrostructure
AZ31B, AZ61A, AZ80A alloys - General macrostructure
AZ61A alloy - Chemical etching - General macrostructure
AZ61A alloy - Chemical etching - General macrostructure
AZ61A, AZ80A alloys - Chemical etching - General macrostructure
AZ61A, AZ80A alloys - General macrostructure
AZ80A alloy - Chemical etching - General macrostructure
AZ80A alloy - Chemical etching - General macrostructure
Acetic glycol etchant - Magnesium - Chemical etching
Acetic-glycol etchant - Mg and alloys - Chemical etching
Acetic-picral etchant - Magnesium - Chemical etching
Acetic-picral etchant - Magnesium - Chemical etching
Acetic-picral etchant - Magnesium - Chemical etching
All Mg alloys - General macrostructure
All Mg alloys in the as cast or heat treated condition, grain-boundary etchant - Chemical etching
Alumina rich spinel single crystal (MgAl2O4) - Chemical etching
Co-Cr-Mo alloy - Electrolytic thinning by Bollmann technique
Complex Mg alloys containing Al, Bi, Cd, Zn - Electrolytic etching
Etchants for ZK60 Mg alloy - Chemical etching
Glycol - Mg and alloys - Chemical etching
Macro etchant for Mg and Mg alloys
Magnesia (MgO) - Chemical etching
Magnesia (MgO) - Chemical etching
Magnesia (MgO) - Chemical etching
Magnesia (MgO) - Chemical etching
Magnesia (MgO) - Chemical etching
Magnesia (MgO) - Chemical etching
Magnesia (MgO) - Chemical etching
Magnesia (MgO) - Chemical etching
Magnesia (MgO) - Chemical polishing
Magnesia (MgO) - Chemical polishing, chemical etching, jet thinning
Magnesia (MgO) - Chemical thinning
Magnesia (MgO) - Chemical thinning
Magnesia (MgO) - This etch produces pits on single crystal MgO on (100) and (110) faces
Magnesia (MgO) - Well defined square pyramidal pits form on (100) faces in after few minutes
Magnesia (MgO) single crystal - Chemical etching
Magnesia (MgO) single crystal - Chemical etching
Magnesia (MgO) single crystal - Chemical etching
Magnesia (MgO) single crystal - Chemical etrching
Magnesia (MgO) single crystal - Chemical polishing
Magnesia (MgO) single crystal - Chemical polishing and etching
Magnesia (MgO)-alumina (Al2O3) mixtures - Chemical etching
Magnesia (MgO)-alumina (Al2O3) system - MgO-MgAl2O4 section
Magnesium - All types of Mg alloys in cast or heat treated state - Grain boundaries etch
Magnesium - Attack polishing
Magnesium - Cathodic etching
Magnesium - Chemical etching
Magnesium - Chemical etching
Magnesium - Chemical polishing
Magnesium - Chemical polishing
Magnesium - Chemical polishing
Magnesium - Chemical polishing
Magnesium - Chemical polishing
Magnesium - Chemical polishing
Magnesium - Chemical thinning
Magnesium - Complex Mg alloys containing Al, Zn, Cd, Bi
Magnesium - Electrolytic polishing
Magnesium - Electrolytic polishing
Magnesium - Electrolytic polishing
Magnesium - Electrolytic polishing
Magnesium - Electrolytic polishing
Magnesium - Electrolytic polishing
Magnesium - Electrolytic polishing
Magnesium - Electrolytic polishing
Magnesium - Electrolytic polishing
Magnesium - Electrolytic polishing
Magnesium - Electrolytic thinning
Magnesium - Electrolytic thinning by window technique
Magnesium - Electrolytic thinning by window technique
Magnesium - Flow lines, grain sizes in cast material
Magnesium - Grain sizes and flow lines in cast and forged parts
Magnesium - Internal defects in cast ingots
Magnesium - Internal defects in cast ingots, segregations, flow lines in forged parts
Magnesium - Mg and Mg base alloys
Magnesium - Mg and Mg-Cu alloys, Mg die-casting alloys
Magnesium - Mg-Al alloys - Grain contrast in heat treated castings - Flow lines in forgings
Magnesium - Most types of Mg and its alloys, also casting and forgings
Magnesium - Pure Mg and most Mg alloys, also in cast and forged state
Magnesium - Pure Mg, Mg-Mn, Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zr, Mg-Th-Zr, Mg-Zn-Zr alloys
Magnesium alloys - A universal etchant
Magnesium alloys - AZ31 (Mg + 3 wt.% Al + 1 wt.% Zn)
Magnesium alloys - Chemical etching
Magnesium alloys - Chemical etching
Magnesium alloys - Chemical etching
Magnesium alloys - Chemical etching
Magnesium alloys - Chemical etching
Magnesium alloys - Chemical etching
Magnesium alloys - Chemical etching
Magnesium alloys - Chemical etching
Magnesium alloys - Chemical etching
Magnesium alloys - Darkens Mg17Al12 phase and leaves Mg32(Al, Zn)40 phase unetched and white
Magnesium alloys - Electrolytic polishing
Magnesium alloys - For estimating the amount of massive phase
Magnesium alloys - Grain structure and coring in Mg-Zn-Zr alloys
Magnesium alloys - Reveals grain boundaries more readily
Magnesium alloys - Sample preparation
Magnesium and magnesium alloys - AZ21 and AZ31 alloys - Grain size
Magnesium and magnesium alloys - AZ31B alloy - Flow pattern in forgings - Internal defects in cast slabs and ingots
Magnesium and magnesium alloys - AZ31B alloy - General etch for defects in sand and die castings
Magnesium and magnesium alloys - AZ31B alloy - Germination on sand cast surfaces
Magnesium and magnesium alloys - AZ31B, AZ61A , AZ80A alloys - Flow pattern in forgings
Magnesium and magnesium alloys - AZ61A and AZ80A alloys - Grain size and flow pattern
Magnesium and magnesium alloys - AZ61A and AZ80A alloys - Grain size, surface castings defects
Magnesium and magnesium alloys - Electrolytic polishing
Magnesium and magnesium alloys - Segregation of intermetallic compounds and associated cracks
Magnesium and magnesium alloys - ZK60A alloy - Flow lines in forgings
Magnesium and magnesium alloys - ZK60A alloys - Flow pattern and grain size
Magnesium bronze - Chemical etching
Magnesium fluoride MgF2 - Chemical polishing
Magnesium fluoride MgF2 - For etching grains in hot pressed magnesium fluoride
Magnesium oxide (MgO) - Chemical etching
Magnesium oxide (MgO) - Chemical etching
Magnesium oxide (MgO) - Chemical etching
Magnesium oxide (MgO) - Chemical etching
Magnesium oxide (MgO) - Chemical etching
Magnesium single crystal - Chemical etching
Mg (0001) wafers - Electrolytic polishing/etching
Mg alloys - Chemical etching
Mg alloys - Electrolytic etching
Mg alloys - General macrostructure
Mg alloys - General macrostructure
Mg alloys - General macrostructure
Mg alloys - General macrostructure
Mg alloys - General macrostructure
Mg alloys - General macrostructure
Mg alloys, 1% Zn, 0.6% Zr - Chemical etching
Mg and Mg alloys - Chemical etching - General macrostructure
Mg and Mg alloys - Chemical etching - General macrostructure
Mg and Mg alloys - Chemical etching
Mg and Mg alloys - Electrolytic polishing
Mg and Mg alloys - For differentiation of Mg4Al3 and Mg3Al2Zn3
Mg and Mg alloys - General macrostructure
Mg and Mg alloys - Mg alloys with low Al content, sheet metal
Mg and Mg alloys - Mg-Al alloys, castings and forgings
Mg and Mg alloys - Mg-Al alloys, catings, Mg-Zr alloys, castings and forgings
Mg and Mg alloys - Mg-Al alloys, homogenised castings and forgings
Mg and Mg alloys - Mg-Al alloys, in the homogenised state
Mg and Mg alloys - Mg-Mn alloys, forgings, Mg-Zr alloys, castings
Mg and Mg alloys - Mg-Zr alloys, forgings
Mg and Mg alloys - Reveals grain structure and flow lines in forgings
Mg and Mg alloys - Reveals grain structure in heat treated castings and flow lines in forgings
Mg and Mg alloys - Reveals grain structure in heat treated castings and flow lines in forgings
Mg and alloys - Chemical etching
Mg and alloys - Chemical etching
Mg and alloys - Chemical etching
Mg and alloys - Chemical etching
Mg and alloys - Chemical etching
Mg and alloys - Chemical etching
Mg and alloys - Electrolytic etching
Mg and high Mg alloys - Electrolytic polishing
Mg and many alloys - Electrolytic etching
Mg and wrought alloys - Chemical etching
Mg doped beta-Alumina - 90Al2O3 - 8Na2O - 2MgO
Mg pieces - Chemical cleaning
Mg sialon - Mg3 Si2.455 Al0.545 O6.245 Ni.455
Mg single crystal specimens - Physical etching
Mg single crystal wafers - Chemical etching
Mg single crystal wafers - Electrolytic polishing
Mg soldered joints AZ31, AZ91, Zm50/ZnMg3Al, Mg48Zn43Al9 - Chemical etching
Mg specimens - Chemical etching
Mg specimens - Chemical etching
Mg specimens - Chemical polishing
Mg specimens - Electrolytic polishing
Mg specimens - Electrolytic polishing
Mg specimens - Electrolytic polishing
Mg specimens - Electrolytic polishing
Mg specimens and alloy - Acid cutting
Mg, Mg-Cu and Mg die-casting alloys - Chemical etching
Mg, Mg-MgO alloys (0-5% MgO) - Chemical polishing
Mg-Al (to 6% Al), Mg-Mn and Mg-Mn-Al-Zn alloys - Chemical etching
Mg-Al alloy (Magnox 12) - Alloy with 0.85% Al
Mg-Al alloy - Alloy with 0.9% Mg
Mg-Al alloy - Alloy with 3% Mg
Mg-Al alloy - Alloys with < 10% Mg
Mg-Al alloy - Electrolytic thinning by window technique
Mg-Al alloy - Mg-gama MgAl eutectic
Mg-Al alloys - Chemical etching
Mg-Al alloys - Chemical thinning
Mg-Al alloys up to 6% Al - Chemical etching
Mg-Al and Mg-Al-Zn alloys - Chemical etching
Mg-Al, Mg-Al-Zn and Mg-Zn-Zr alloys - Chemical etching
Mg-Al-Zn alloy - Al, 3-5% Mg, 4-5% Zn (+ Cu, Fe, Si, Ni, Cr)
Mg-Al-Zn alloys - Chemical etching
Mg-Al-Zn-Mn alloy - Mg-9Al-1Zn-0.3Mn
Mg-Al-Zn-Mn alloys (C-Alloy) - General macrostructure
Mg-Al-Zn-Mn alloys (C-Alloy) - General macrostructure
Mg-Al-Zn-Mn alloys - General macrostructure
Mg-Ca alloy - Mg rich alloys
Mg-Ce alloy - Electrolytic etching
Mg-Cu alloy - Mg-Mg2Cu section
Mg-H system - Electrolytic polishing
Mg-Li alloy - Alloy with 10.5 at.% Li
Mg-Li-Al alloy - Mg rich alloys
Mg-Mn ferrite (Fe-Mg-Mn-O) - Chemical etching
Mg-Mn ferrite (Fe-Mg-Mn-O) - Rapid attack on grain boundaries
Mg-Mn wrought alloys - Chemical etching
Mg-Nd system - Alloys with low Nd (0.5 at.%)
Mg-Nd-Y-Zn-Zr alloy - Mg-1.5Y-2/4Nd-2/4Zn-0.6Zr
Mg-Ni alloy - Mg-Mg2Ni
Mg-Ni alloy - Mg-Mg2Ni eutectic
Mg-Pb alloy - Dendritic structure of cast alloys for SEM examination
Mg-Sb alloy - Mg-Mg3Sb2 section
Mg-Si alloy - Mg-Mg2Si section
Mg-Si alloys - Chemical etching
Mg-Si alloys - Chemical etching
Mg-Sn alloy - Mg-Mg2Sn section
Mg-Th alloys - Electrolytic polishing
Mg-Th-Zr alloy - Alloy with 3.9% Th and 0.4% Zr
Mg-U alloys - Chemical etching
Mg-Y alloy - Alloy with 10.8 wt.% Y
Mg-Y alloy - Alloy with 8.7% Y
Mg-Y-Zn-Zr alloy - Mg-1.5Y-2/4Zn-0.6Zr
Mg-Y-Zr alloy - Mg-1.5Y-0.6Zr
Mg-Zn alloy - Cathodic etching
Mg-Zn alloy - Electrolytic polishing
Mg-Zn alloy - Electrolytic thinning by window technique
Mg-Zn alloy - Initial chemical thinning
Mg-Zn alloys - Chemical etching
Mg-Zn alloys - Chemical etching
Mg-Zn alloys - Chemical etching
Mg-Zn alloys - Electrolytic polishing
Mg-Zn alloys - Electrolytic polishing and chemical thinning
Mg-Zn-Zr alloy - Mg-6Zn-0.5Zr
Mg-Zr alloy - Alloys with 0.5 wt.% Zr
Mg-Zr alloy - Alloys with low Zr content
Mg-Zr alloy - Electrolytic polishing and electrolytic thinning
Mg-Zr alloy - Electrolytic thinning
Mg-Zr alloy - Initial chemical thinning
Mg-Zr system - ZrO2-9/14 mol.% MgO
Mg-Zr-Mn alloy - Mg-0.5Zr-0.1Mn
Mg2G3 (111) wafers - Chemical polishing
Mg2Ge (111) cleaved wafers - Chemical etching
Mg2Ge (111) cleaved wafers - Cleave, cleaning
Mg2Ge (111) wafers - Chemical cleaning
Mg2Ge (111) wafers - Chemical cleaning
Mg2Ge (111) wafers - Chemical polishing
Mg2Si (111) cleaved wafers - Chemical etching
Mg2Si single crystals - Chemical etching
Mg2Sn (100) cleaved wafers
Mg2Sn single crystal specimens
Mg3N4 thin films deposited on Mg specimen blanks - Chemical etching
MgAl2O4 (spinel) (100) and (111) wafers - Chemical polishing
MgAl2O4 (spinel) (111) wafers - Chemical cleaning
MgAl2O4 (spinel) natural crystals - Molten flux decomposition
MgAl2O4 (spinel) natural crystals - Molten flux etching
MgF2 (100) specimens - Chemical etching
MgF2 (100) wafers - Chemical polishing/etching
MgF2 - Dislocation etching
MgO (100) cleaved wafers - Chemical etching
MgO (100) cleaved wafers - Chemical etching
MgO (100) specimens cleaved as rectangles - Chemical etching
MgO (100) substrates - Acid, float-off
MgO (100) wafers - Chemical cleaning
MgO (100) wafers - Chemical cleaning
MgO (100) wafers - Chemical etching
MgO (100) wafers - Chemical polishing
MgO (100) wafers - Chemical thinning
MgO (100) wafers - Dislocation etching
MgO (100) wafers - Metal decoration
MgO (111) cleaved substrates - Ionized gas, cleaning
MgO - Chemical etching
MgO - Dislocation etching
MgO - Dislocation etching
MgO - Dislocation etching
MgO - Dislocation etching
MgO - Dislocation etching
MgO - Dislocation etching
MgO sample prepration
MgO single crystal specimens - Electrolytic damage
MgO specimens - Chemical etching
MgO x Al2O3 (111) blanks - Gas etching
MgS single crystals - Chemical etching
MgSe single crystal - Chemical polishing
MgTe single crystals - Chemical etching
MnFe2 single crystal sphere - Abrasive, forming
MnTe2 single crystal specimens - Chemical polishing
Mo3Ge specimens - Chemical etching
Nital - Magnesium alloys - Chemical etching
Nital - Magnesium alloys - Shows general structure
Nital (10%) - Magnesium - Chemical polishing
Nital (2%) - Mg-Li alloys - Chemical etching
Nital - Mg and alloys - Chemical etching
Oxide ceramics - MgO-Al2O3-SiO2-ZrO2 mixtures
Phospho-picral etchant - Mg and alloys - Chemical etching
Pure Mg and Mg-rich alloys - Electrolytic etching
Pure Mg and alloys - Chemical etching
Pure Mg and alloys - Chemical etching
Spinel (MgAl2O4) - Chemical etching
Spinel (MgAl2O4) - Chemical etching
Spinel (MgAl2O4) - Chemical thinning
Spinel single crystal (MgAl2O4) - For etching (100) face
Steatite (Mg3 Si4 O10 x (OH)2)) - Sample preparation
Stoke's etchant - MgO (100) wafers - Dislocation etching
Talc, H2O x 3MgO x 4SiO2
Wassermann's etchant - For Mg-Al
Wassermann's etchant - Mg-7.5% Al-2.5% Zn alloy - Chemical etching
Wassermann's etchant - Mg-Al alloys
Wrought Mg alloys - Chemical etching
ZK60A alloy - Chemical etching - General macrostructure
ZK60A alloy - General macrostructure
ZK60A alloy - General macrostructure
ZK60A alloy I - Chemical etching - General macrostructure
ZK60A alloy II - Chemical etching - General macrostructure