TY - JOUR N2 - Diagnostics of composite castings, due to their complex structure, requires that their characteristics are tested by an appropriate description method. Any deviation from the specific characteristic will be regarded as a material defect. The detection of defects in composite castings sometimes is not sufficient and the defects have to be identified. This study classifies defects found in the structures of saturated metallic composite castings and indicates those stages of the process where such defects are likely to be formed. Not only does the author determine the causes of structural defects, describe methods of their detection and identification, but also proposes a schematic procedure to be followed during detection and identification of structural defects of castings made from saturated reinforcement metallic composites. Alloys examination was conducted after technological process, while using destructive (macroscopic tests, light and scanning electron microscopy) and non-destructive (ultrasonic and X-ray defectoscopy, tomography, gravimetric method) methods. Research presented in this article are part of author’s work on castings quality. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/102044/PDF/afe-2017-0087.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/102044 PY - 2017 IS - No 3 DO - 10.1515/afe-2017-0087 KW - Casting KW - Composite KW - Structural defects KW - Detection and identification A1 - Gawdzińska, K. PB - The Katowice Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences VL - vol. 17 DA - 2017 T1 - Methods of the Detection and Identification of Structural Defects in Saturated Metallic Composite Castings UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/102044 T2 - Archives of Foundry Engineering ER -