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Optical Diagnostics for Metallurgical Processes.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

R. L. Williamson ,
H. C. Peebles ,
W. A. Hareland  and
F. J. Zanner
R. L. Williamson
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87185.
H. C. Peebles
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87185.
W. A. Hareland
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87185.
F. J. Zanner
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87185.
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Abstract

Many industrially important metallurgical processes are accompanied by the emission of light, the analysis of which often supplies useful information concerning the current state of the process while also providing insight into the details of specific process mechanisms. Optical diagnostic techniques are finding an increasingly wide range of application throughout the metallurgical community. This paper discusses the application of emission spectroscopy and imaging techniques to the analysis of such diverse processes as vacuum arc remelting, laser welding, and arc welding. A discussion of these techniques will be presented addressing such subjects as instrumentation, data analysis, the kind of information available and its potential impact on the selection of process parameters. Special attention will be given to discussing the difficulties encountered in applying these diagnostic technologies to “real life” processes in non-laboratory environments.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 117: Symposium C – Process Diagnostics: Materials, Combustion, Fusion , 1988 , 91
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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