PROBLEMS OF METALLOGRAPHIC DEFINITION OF OXYGEN QUANTITY IN THE DEFORMED COPPER

Abstract

Determination of oxygen amount in the deformed copper by methods of stereometric metallography is considered. The volume amount of cuprous oxide in eutectic Cu-Cu2O is determined in the program of images processing IMAGE-SP. It is shown that known value of density of cuprous oxide (6 g/cm3) doesn’t ensure possibility of the correct calculation of the structural components content. Value of 1,53 g/cm3 is determined for cuprous oxide density.