Metallography is the science and art of preparing a metal surface for analysis by grinding, polishing, and etching to reveal microstructual constituents.

The metallographic laboratory at SINTEF can do analysis of the microstructure with the help of:

• Mechanical, chemical and electrochemical preparation techniques.
• Light optical microscopy
• Stereo microscopy
• Measurement of electrical conductivity
• Macro- and micro-hardness measurements
• Image analyses/quantitative microscopy
• Macro- and micro-imaging
   

In addition the metallographic laboratory at SINTEF does the specimen preparation for:

• Scanning Electron Microscopy
• Transmission Electron Microscopy