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We have a batch of austempered ductile iron, but the cross-section doesn't look like ausferrite. This image is at 1000x and the etchant is suoer picral. Could this be bainite? The hardness is 27-29 HRC. It's also brittle as heck; I don't need to cut samples instead I just use a vice...
I have a year left in my Materials Engineering PhD program. Recently, I started looking for a job after graduation. Fundamental research doesn't appeal to me; I would rather be doing design and development type work or materials support jobs such as failure analysis. I had 2+ years of experience...
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I am aware of the ASTM test for galling, but many researchers use point-contact type tests for galling studies. Is this appropriate? I would expect an artificially higher galling load. For example see:
Wiklund, I. M. Hutchings, Investigation of surface treatments for galling protection...
