Failure Analysis

Failure analysis is a laboratory based evaluation method, which takes samples of different technologies and evaluates them, using appropriate destruction or not tests.

The concept is very close to the evaluation of products with respect to quality standards. In both cases, a sample of technologies / products is brought to a laboratory where it is tested either against other technologies and products, or against standards and specifications.

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