VISUAL INSPECTION is a nondestructive testing technique that provides a means of detecting and examining a variety of surface flaws, such as corrosion, contamination, surface finish, and surface discontinuities on joints (for example, welds, seals, solder connections, and adhesive bonds). | g Q M VOLUME 17 Nondestructive Evaluation and Quality Control ASM y INTER NATIONA The Materials Information Company Publication Information and Contributors Nondestructive Evaluation and Quality Control was published in 1989 as Volume 17 of the 9th Edition Metals Handbook. With the second printing 1992 the series title was changed to ASM Handbook. The Volume was prepared under the direction of the ASM Handbook Committee. Authors and Reviewers LAMET UFRGS American Gas and Chemical Company Ultra Image International DuPont NDT Systems Advanced Research and Applications Corporation University of Michigan at Dearborn Iowa State University DuPont NDT Systems Southwest Research Institute University of Dayton Research Institute Industrial Quality Inc. Polytechnic University of New York Lockheed Missiles Space Company Inc. United Technologies Research Center . Aldrich Idaho National Engineering Laboratory EG G Idaho Inc. Craig E. Anderson Nuclear Energy Services Gerald L. Anderson Glenn Andrews Bruce Apgar . Armistead Ad Asead David Atherton Queen s University Yoseph Bar-Cohen Douglas Aircraft Company McDonnell Douglas Corporation . Barry Lockheed Missiles Space Company Inc. John Bassart George Becker . Beissner Alan P. Berens Harold Berger Henry Bertoni . Betz Craig C. Biddle Kelvin Bishop Tennessee Valley Authority Carl Bixby Zygo Corporation Dave Blackham Consultant Gilbert Blake Wiss Janney Elstner Associates James Bolen Northrop Aircraft Division Jim Borges Intec Corporation . Borucki Ardox Inc. Richard Bossi Boeing Aerospace Division The Boeing Company Byron Brendan Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories . Burkhardt Southwest Research Institute Paul Burstein Skiametrics Inc. Willard L. Castner National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center . Cecco Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories Francis Chang General Dynamics Corporation Tsong-how Chang University of Wisconsin Milwaukee . Chiang .
