Summary of contents SEQUENCE OPTIMISATION PRINCIPLE PEPARATION Textile fibre Sampling Surface Treatment, Immersion and Solidification, Cutting Off, Embedding, Clamping, Errors during the Preparation of Specimens Preparation Process Component specimens, Granular Specimens, Fracture and Surface Specimen, Film Specimen, Polished Specimens, Thin Sections, Thin Slice Section and Surface Cut MICROSCOPY Resolution and Lens System Bright Field, Dark Field, Phase Contrast, Polarization, Fluorescence, Mixed-light Method Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy Infrared Microscopy Ultraviolet Microscopy (UV) Polypropylen Stereo Microscopy Design and Mode of Operation, Optic Carrier (Magnification Changer), Tubes and Eyepieces, Objectives, Stands and Focus drives, Photo Adaptations, Illumination Method, LED-illumination Macroscopy Microscope Automation Light Microscopy Design and Functioning Manner of light microscopes,Types of Microscopes,Stands, Specimen Stage, Illumination (Lamp Housing), Filters, Condensers, Tubes and Eyepieces, Photo Adaption Microhardness Test Heating Stage Microscopy Microscope Automation Koehler’s Illumination Glaskolben QUANTITAVIVE DETERMINATION OF OPTICAL DATA AND THEIR CORRELATION TO MATERIAL PROPERTIES Basics Dispersion of the Refractive Index, Dispersion of Birefringence, Optical Birefringence, Optical Indicatrix Determining Optical Data on Materials Refractive Index Determination, Immersion Methods, Variation Method, Determining the Anisotropy , Investigation of Spheroliths in Semicrystalline Plastics Determination of Microhardness Influence Quantities, Demands, Microhardness Test According to VICKERS, to KNOOP, to MARTENS , Defect Possibilities, Determining the Relative Microhardness Thermal Optical Analysis Application Areas, Calibration, Application Examples DOCUMENTATION PROCESS 35 mm Camera Photography Analogue Video Technology Digital Photography CCD, Resolution, Exposure Times, Contrast, Colour, Design and Manner of Operation of a Digital camera, Adaption Possibilities for Microscopy IMAGE PROCESSING Hardware Image Transmission Image Memory Image Reproduction Feuerfestkeramik Image Data Bases Structure and Functional Manner of an Image Data base, System Integration, Data Backup, Interactive Image Processing, Measurement, Calibration, Measured variable Image Analysis Area Share Detection, Grain Size Analysis, Particle Count, Layer Thickness Measurement, Cleanliness Analysis, Restrictions Report Generator Special Applications Panorama Image, Sharpness Reconstruction APENDIX: POSSIBILITIES OF OPTICAL MEASUREMENT OF PLASTICS LITERATURE INDEX TECHNICAL TERMS IN MICROSCOPY APPLICATION INDEX LIST OF MANUFACTURERS Verbundwerkstoff TWO EXEMPLARY CASES