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Pick MT or PT at a glance, place the yoke shots, run the six PT steps in order and sort every indication with the same three questions. Every topic has its own page: first the drawing, then the numbers to remember. 64 illustrated pages.
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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 8 parts and 60 topics.
You're at the bench with a 304 pipe spool and a 410 valve body, and the practice question asks: MT or PT for each? You know the metal. The question is worded to make you doubt.
The manual covers it in three paragraphs on permeability, austenitic and martensitic grades and magnetic domains. Every word is right, but nothing shows you the answer.
In the book, it's one page: ferromagnetic metals on one side, everything else on the other. Most 304 and 316 stainless, aluminum, copper and titanium go to the PT column; carbon steel and 410 can take the yoke.
Same with the leakage field, field direction vs. crack orientation, the six PT steps, Type I vs. Type II and the three questions for every indication: each one has its own page.
You see the part and you know the method. You pick up the yoke or the penetrant kit without going back to the manual.
The job and the exam, discontinuities, how MT works, MT on the job, the six PT steps, PT methods and controls, reading indications and exam-day review: 64 pages, all illustrated.
Think of it this way:
Your practical exam is next week. The Level III will hand you a welded plate and a yoke, and you need to know where the second shot goes.
The night before, you open the book to the yoke page and see it drawn: the field running pole to pole, the second shot turned about 90°, the coverage overlapping.
The prods, wet particles and the settling test, the six PT steps and the three questions for every indication work the same way: one topic, one page.
NDT Illustrated: MT & PT is 8 parts and 60 topics, all drawn, with an exam-day review at the end: MT vs. PT side by side, the numbers to have at hand and the most frequent technique errors.
What you see drawn, you don't have to memorize.
Know exactly where you stand before you study: where MT and PT fit, Level I, II and III, your employer's written practice, training hours, the three exams and the yearly vision test.
Discontinuity vs. defect, inherent, processing and service discontinuities, weld, forging and casting flaws, fatigue cracks and what each method can see.
Ferromagnetic or not, the leakage field, field direction vs. crack orientation, circular and longitudinal magnetization, AC vs. DC vs. half-wave, permeability and retentivity, continuous vs. residual, Curie point.
The yoke and its lifting power check, prods, coils and fill factor, head shot and central conductor, pie gauge and shims, dry and wet particles, demagnetization.
All six steps on one page, then each one: pre-cleaning, penetrant, dwell time, removing excess (water, emulsifier or solvent), developing, inspection and post-cleaning.
Type I vs. Type II, Methods A to D in one table, sensitivity levels, developer forms, UV-A and white light, material compatibility and system checks.
The same three questions, false and non-relevant indications, linear vs. rounded, what the shape tells you, acceptance criteria and the report.
MT vs. PT side by side, numbers to have at hand, the most frequent MT and PT errors, how exam questions are worded, the practical exam and a last-night checklist.
At the end of the book: An exam-day review part: MT vs. PT side by side, numbers to have at hand, the most frequent errors and a last-night checklist.
Exam-style questions on both methods with the answer explained, so you find your weak spots before the real test, not during it.
The most frequent technique errors on one card each (over-removal, short dwell, wrong field direction, skipped demag), drawn side by side with the right way, to review the night before.
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Every topic from class gets its own page to come back to, so the course theory stays in order.
You review MT and PT in the same order every time, with the practice questions to find your weak spots before the real test.
Print the pages you need and keep them at hand on the job, in front of the supervisor or the auditor.
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Yes. It's built for people who already know welds and defects and need the MT and PT theory in order. It isn't a new course: it's the same theory as your manual, one topic per page, drawn, so you can review it in the same order every time. Your question books test you; this one shows you why the answer is what it is.
From ASNT SNT-TC-1A, ASME Section V Articles 6 and 7, and ASTM E1444, E709, E1417 and E165. The MT and PT theory is the same whether your employer follows SNT-TC-1A, ANSI/ASNT CP-189 or NAS 410. What changes are the hours, the exam rules and the acceptance criteria, and those come from your written practice. Every code value is flagged to check against your written practice and the edition it cites.
No. It's independent study material, not issued or endorsed by ASNT, ASME, ASTM, AWS or any certifying body. It doesn't give you a certificate either: under SNT-TC-1A, your employer certifies you through its written practice, your training hours, your experience and your exams. This book helps you study for those exams.
No. It doesn't replace your training hours, your experience hours or your employer's written practice. It helps you review what you learn there.
No. They're written for this book, in exam style, with the answer explained. They aren't official questions from any exam.
The book and the 2 bonus books arrive as PDFs by email, at the address you enter at checkout.
No. It's a one-time payment.
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Field direction and crack orientation: you see them drawn, and that's it.
You walk into the exam knowing where everything is.
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