Materials Characterization Methods

Analyzed carbon products of the process using a number of material characterization methods assessed potential markets for carbon products (in collaboration with industry)... 

The greatest difficulty for any process technologist is to decide on the type and extent of material characterization to be undertaken such that it is cost-effective in the long run. Often, it is the problem from the production run that necessitates further material characterization to be carried out either for the purpose of resolving the problem or to prevent future occurrences. This chapter serves to identify the more common material characterization methods that can be carried out and the potentially useful information that can be inferred from the tests. It is hoped that the discussion of the many methods of material characterization could help in the choice of characterization methods for material testing. 

As is the case with other materials characterization methods, it is desirable to have the capability to relate the measured signal to the quantity of various species present in the material being studied. With XPS, the collected signal is related to a variety of parameters, one of which is the number of atoms emitting photoelectrons per unit volume. 

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