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National Testing & Consulting, LLC

Metallurgical & Materials Failure Analysis

Metallurgical and Mechanical Failures

Analysis and identification of failure modes including

ductile and

brittle overload fractures, fatigue,

distortion, wear, and

corrosion

failures,

hydrogen/stress-corrosion cracking induced

failures,

elevated temperature/creep failures. Analysis of

failures of

formed, stamped, drawn, forged, sintered,

powdered

metal, and

cast components, failures of

weldments and brazed

joints in both

ferrous and non-

ferrous materials.

Materials Evaluation and Testing

Characterization and mechanical testing of metallic and

composite materials to verify performance requirements

and

compliance with applicable standards, use of

transmission and

scanning electron microscopy, x-ray

diffraction techniques,

metallographic and

microstructural analysis, and chemical/bulk

elemental

analysis capabilities. Mechanical testing includes

micro-

and macro-hardness testing, tension, torsion, shear and

compression testing, dynamic fracture testing, fracture

toughness

and fatigue life testing, wear and corrosion

testing.

Expert Forensic Engineering
Testing, Analysis, and Testimony
303-513-2096

National Testing & Consulting, LLC
569 Cicero Drive, Palisade, CO 81526
303-513-2096
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