Brad Webb is the chief metallographer at Wah
Chang. Fruits of his labor collected over the last 18 years
are displayed below. Each picture tells a story about the metals
and the processes the metals undergo.
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| Titanium-Zirconium Weld - Polished, Anodized - 8X |
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| Beta Transformed Zirconium - Polarized - 100X |
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| Zircaloy 4 - Polarized - 200x |
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| Zr-702 With Carbides - Anodized, Bright Field - 500X |
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| Zircaloy 4 with Nitride - Anodized, Bright Field Illumination - 50X |
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| Ultra-High Purity Titanium - Polarized - 100X |
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| Titanium Aluminide - Anodized, Bright Field Illumination - 100X |
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| Grade 1 Titanium - Anodized, Polarized Light - 100X |
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| C-103 Weld - Niobium, 10% Hafnium, 1% Titanium Alloy, Heat tinted, Bright Field Illumination - 16X |
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| Zircaloy 4 - Heat tinted, Polarized - 35X |
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| Hafnium - Heat tinted, exhibiting twins - 100X |
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| Ti-6Al-4V - Polarized light, 6% Aluminum, 4% Vanadium - 50X |
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| Hafnium - Exhibiting twins from defomation - 100X |
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