Etching reagent for phases in 2618 aluminum alloys


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Posted by Patrick on June 21, 2010 at 21:28:10:

Hello, I am working on the 2618 alloys, it mainly containing these phases: Al2Cu, Al2CuMg, Al9FeNi, Al7Cu4Ni, Al7Cu2Fe. I want to find an etching method to distinguish these different phases, especially the Fe&Ni-contaning phases.
I am looking for a proper etchant to make these phases show different colours in order to do further image analysis. But it is really a chanllenging work and hard to find out the proper etchant.
So I need some help about the colour etching of Fe&Ni containing phases from you experts!
Thanks very much!
My email: spgpsx@hotmail.com


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