Stereo Microscopes

With magnification ranges from 4 to 64X, these microscopes possesses true stereo vision and a large depth of focus. They are primarily used for low power viewing of a wide variety of samples. Lighting is very important with these instruments and to that end, Metserve is equipped with both standard ring lamps and various fiber optic cable systems for oblique illumination.

The microscopes can be set up for color or black and white photography, as well as image analysis and digital image photography.

The microscope is very useful for Fractographic Analysis

Fractography is a descriptive explanation of a fracture process, usually in metals with specific reference to the use of photographs to study the fracture surface.

Macrofractography involves low magnification (<25x)
Microfractography involves higher magnification (>25x)

Several clearly unique and recognizable features of a particular fracture surface enable the failure mode to be established by the investigator.

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