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Tutorial 2: Part - Iii Sample Preparation

This document provides steps for preparing metallic samples for light optical microscopy and lists common etching solutions used on certain materials, including nital for steel, picral for brass, xylene as a temporary mounting medium, and HF, molten KOH, and acetic acid-nitric acid for silicate materials like glass.

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Tutorial 2: Part - Iii Sample Preparation

This document provides steps for preparing metallic samples for light optical microscopy and lists common etching solutions used on certain materials, including nital for steel, picral for brass, xylene as a temporary mounting medium, and HF, molten KOH, and acetic acid-nitric acid for silicate materials like glass.

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TUTORIAL 2: PART – III SAMPLE PREPARATION

1. Give and explain steps of metallic sample preparation for light optical microscopy

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2. Name the materials for which the following common etchants are used for light
optical microscopy
a. Nital (HNO3 + ethanol / methonol): _________________________

b. Picral (Picric Acid + HCl + ethanol) : ________________________

c. Xylene : ________________________________________________

d. HF+ HNO3 + water : ______________________________________

e. HF : ___________________________________________________

f. Molten KOH : ___________________________________________

g. Acetic Acid+ HNO3 : _____________________________________

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