This section covers specific analytical tools including visual examination and photography, nondestructive testing, quantitative chemical analysis, metallographic techniques, X‑ray diffraction residual stress measurement, scanning electron microscopy, X‑ray spectroscopy, and chemical characterization of surfaces.

What (temperature, chemicals, cycling) did it experience? What does the fracture surface look like to the naked eye?

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