The text describes software tools for analyzing the structure of metallic materials, including ferrous and non-ferrous metals. It presents image processing methods for edge detection and segmentation of structural elements on the metal surface. A Python program is described, which applies watershed algorithms and searches for white and black grains to segment metal images. The program performs analysis of grain sizes and shapes, and the results are presented visually and for further use. This tool is crucial for quality control and optimization of the properties of metallic materials.

Keywords: software tool, metal, quantitative analysis of microstructure, computer program, Python programming language

This article proposes an experimental determination of the density of the interparticle fusion surface during sintering of hot-deformed powder materials. The study analyzes the physics of the processes of forming microstructures of splicing surfaces at various stages of producing powder materials. The peculiarities of deformation processes in the formation of materials by hot pressure treatment are considered and physical changes that undergo powder grains are investigated. The nature of the boundaries of the splicing surfaces on the investigated objects, as well as the process of pore healing during compaction of molds based on steel from two types of charge based on coarse and fine iron powder with different porosity are traced.

Keywords: physics of processes, quantitative characteristics, surface area of splicing, specific surface of splicing, hot-deformed powder blanks, structure formation, microstructures, surface deformation, pore healing, particle size