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Crockpot
Fire
Metallurgical Failure Analysis was requested on a
Crockpot that was thought to be the cause of an
electrical fire. Electrical arcing was suspected to
be the root cause of the fire, and the crockpot was
submitted for examination.
Photograph A: Close-up view of alleged arcing damage.
Testing included macro/microphotgraphy, scanning
electron microscopy (SEM), x-ray mapping, and energy
dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). It was determined that the
suspected "arc" beads were actually "melt" beads,
and that they were the result of, rather than the
cause of, the fire.
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