microfractographic

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ fractography +‎ -ic.

Adjective

microfractographic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to microfractography.
   • 1993, Li Shiqiong, Study of the fractography and micromechanisms of near-threshold fatigue cracking and transgranular stress corrosion cracking.‎^[1]:

     A detailed microfractographic study was carried out of near-threshold fatigue cracking in f.c.c. 316 stainless steel […]

   • 2014 May 12, J. Schijve, J. R. Heath-Smith, E. R. Welbourne, Current Aeronautical Fatigue Problems: Proceedings of a Symposium Held in Rome, 23–25 April 1963‎^[2], Elsevier, →ISBN, page 170:

     New possibilities of the microfractographic method, especially in technical aspects, have been demonstrated (1960) by Forsyth and Ryder in the United Kingdom, examining fatigue fracture surfaces of light alloys.

   • 2020 August 14, Stefan Ritter, Nuclear Corrosion: Research, Progress and Challenges‎^[3], Woodhead Publishing, →ISBN, page 142:

     The microfractographic details are usually hidden by the thick oxide layer, in particular in case of aggressive high-sulfur crack crevice conditions, and corrosion during prolonged oxidation times (> ~ 100 h) may completely mask or destroy the previously formed fractographic details.

Alternative forms

• micro-fractographic, micro fractographic