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Method for specimen preparation

US4066728A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 19, 1976
Grant dateJan 3, 1978
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Expiry dateApr 19, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T409/305544
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention pertains to method and apparatus for specimen preparation, in conjunction with which at least one specimen surface is produced on a test piece embedded, if required, in a casting-resin mounting medium through chip or slice removal of material and wherein the examined specimen surface is milled; especially, a method for the preparation of hard objects, and/or objects exhibiting differential hardness over the specimen surface, for electron scan microscopic and X-Ray studies. The invention further includes apparatus for preparing a specimen for examination which includes a milling head.

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