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BS 7590:1992

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Method for statistically estimating the volume fraction of phases and constituents by systematic manual point counting with a grid

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

15-10-1992

£166.00
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Committees responsible
Foreword
Method
1 Scope
2 Informative references
3 Principle
4 Symbols
5 Apparatus
6 Test samples
7 Procedure
8 Calculation of the volume fraction of alpha-phase
    Vv, the 95 % confidence interval CI and the
    relative error
9 Improving the volume fraction estimate
10 Test report
Annex
A (informative) Worksheet for the determination of
    volume fraction by systematic manual point count
Tables
1 Guidelines for grid size selection (total number of
    points on a grid) for visually estimated area
    fractions
2 Number of fields (n) for a relative error of 33 %
    for a given volume fraction and grid size
3 Number of fields (n) for a relative error of 20 %
    for a given volume fraction and grid size
4 Number of fields (n) for a relative error of 10 %
    for a given volume fraction and grid size
5 Number of fields (n) for a relative error of 5 %
    for a given volume fraction and grid size
6 Multipliers for calculation of 95 % confidence
    interval
Figures
1 Examples of circular grid configurations
2 Examples of square grid configurations
List of references

Describes clearly defined constituents or phases in microstructure of a steel on a metallographically prepared section.

Committee
ISE/1
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 91/37958 DC (04/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, December 2009. (11/2009)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
16
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

This British Standard describes a method for statistically estimating the volume fraction of clearly defined constituents or phases in the microstructure of a steel on a metallographically prepared section using a systematic manual point counting technique.

Standards Relationship
ISO 9042:1988 Similar to

ISO 9042:1988 Steels — Manual point counting method for statistically estimating the volume fraction of a constituent with a point grid

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