Research Summary Image Analysis Across Length ScalesIn cemented carbides, important mechanical properties are infl uenced by the carbide grain size distribution. In this paper, an automated image analysis solution is described using a grain boundary reconstruction routine. In addition to size distribution, grain shape and contiguity were also measured. The largest grains found were validated by visual verifi cation to confi rm that they correspond to large individual tungsten carbide grains (and not to clusters of smaller grains). Cobalt percentage, which is also of interest, was also considered.
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