{"id":269,"date":"2015-12-08T21:04:52","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T21:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mee-inc.com\/blog\/?p=269"},"modified":"2015-12-08T21:07:40","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T21:07:40","slug":"sample-handling-and-fracture-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mee-inc.com\/blog\/?p=269","title":{"rendered":"Sample Handling and Fracture Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drop a ceramic vase at home and what is the first thing you do with the pieces? You try to put them back together.<\/p>\n<p>In the world of fracture analysis, do not try to fit the two fracture halves together as this will damage critical surface features, even fractures of hard or high strength metals. Simply touching mating fracture surfaces together after a failure will destroy microscopic fracture features that may be key to a conclusive determination of the fracture mode.<\/p>\n<p><em>Don&#8217;t Touch<\/em> is the first\u00a0of MEE&#8217;s ten\u00a0commandments of sample preservation and handling. The\u00a0other nine commandments\u00a0and \u00a0specific guidelines for the handling of fractures is in the last chapter of our online <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mee-inc.com\/hamm\/\">Handbook of Analytical Methods for Materials.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mee-inc.com\/contact-mee\/\">Contact our analytical laboratory<\/a> if you have more specific questions about sample handling and preservation, and for shipping recommendations.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_270\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mee-inc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Chain-Fracture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-270\" class=\"wp-image-270 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mee-inc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Chain-Fracture-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"Fracture surface of a logging chain that broke. This is a giant chain: each chain link was about 1 1\/4&quot; in diameter. \" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mee-inc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Chain-Fracture-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mee-inc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Chain-Fracture.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fracture surface of a logging chain that broke. This is a giant chain: each chain link was about 1 1\/4&#8243; in diameter.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drop a ceramic vase at home and what is the first thing you do with the pieces? You try to put them back together. In the world of fracture analysis, do not try to fit the two fracture halves together as this will damage critical surface features, even fractures of hard or high strength metals. 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