page_title: Metallography
hierarchical_section_title: Metallography
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Metallografischer Anschliff einer Glockenbronze, geätzt (Klemm III), V=200:1
context_page_description: Metallography is the study of the physical structure and components of metals, by using microscopy.
  Ceramic and polymeric materials may also be prepared using metallographic techniques, hence the terms ceramography, plastography and, collectively, materialography.
context_section_description: Metallography is the study of the physical structure and components of metals, by using microscopy.
  Ceramic and polymeric materials may also be prepared using metallographic techniques, hence the terms ceramography, plastography and, collectively, materialography.
caption: A micrograph of bronze revealing a cast dendritic structure
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