X-ray method of measuring retained austenite in heat treated white cast irons

1979 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chongmin Kim
Keyword(s):  
Retained Austenite ◽  
Cast Irons ◽  
Ray Method ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Heat Treated

scholarly journals Retained Austenite Benefits or Avoidance Requires Dependable Determination

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Wingens
Keyword(s):  
Retained Austenite ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Heat Treated ◽  
Individual Solution ◽  
The Right

Abstract Retained austenite can be disastrous or increase the life of heat treated components. However, discussions on the right amount of retained austenite are only meaningful when measured correctly. The proper determination in microstructures samples requires a trained metallurgist and remains to be very subjective to the individual’s eye. Company standards of microstructure tables are used as individual solution. However, factual results are only achievable with the use of an X-ray diffractometer. This paper discusses the practical experience of metallurgical results and shows state of the art solutions as today’s standard.

An X-ray Diffraction Procedure for Measuring Retained Austenite in High Chromium White Cast Iron

1984 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 315-320
Author(s):  
Gerald W. Whelan ◽  
Peter J. Moroz
Keyword(s):  
Retained Austenite ◽  
White Cast Iron ◽  
Field Performance ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Cast Irons ◽  
High Chromium ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Pole Figure Data ◽  
Data Collection Procedure

AbstractHigh chromium white cast irons are used in the mineral processing industry as grinding balls and grinding mill liner plates. The effect of retained austenite on the field performance of these irons is not clearly understood, but it is believed that control of the retained austenite level is essential in optimizing field behavior. Improved analysis techniques are required to provide this control.This paper presents an equal area pole figure data collection procedure for determining retained austenite in textured material in which few diffracted peaks are available for analysis. As analysis techniques improve, the significance of retained austenite in high chromium white cast irons can be better evaluated.

scholarly journals On the Measurement of Residual Stress in Heat Treated Steel by X-Ray Method

1968 ◽  
Vol 17 (183) ◽  
pp. 1077-1082
Author(s):  
Moritaro MOTOYAMA ◽  
Shigeru YONETANI ◽  
Hiroshi HORIZAWA
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Ray Method ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Treated Steel ◽  
Heat Treated ◽  
Heat Treated Steel

Technique of Measuring Low Percentages of Retained Austenite using Filtered X-Ray Radiation and an X-Ray Diffractometer*

1963 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 256-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Robert Erard
Keyword(s):  
Retained Austenite ◽  
Counting Rate ◽  
Diffraction Line ◽  
Thermal Treatments ◽  
Volume Percent ◽  
Ray Method ◽  
Metallographic Examination ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Integrated Intensity ◽  
The Subject

AbstractThis paper describes a technique of measuring the volume percent retained austenite in steel using ordinary filtered X-radiation and an X-ray diffractometer. As compared with conventional rate-meter recordings or microphotometer traces of diffraction peaks, the subject technique extends the range of austenite determinations from the usual 7 % down to 1 %. It markedly improves over the entire range of measurement.Essentially, the technique consists of step scanning the profile of each selected martensite and austenite diffraction line and recording the corresponding intensity within a known probable error. The step-scanning, fixed-count, and counting-rate, recording operations are performed automatically by a counting-rate computer. The integrated intensity of each diffraction line is obtained by summation of intensity increments above background in accordance with the “trapezoidal rule.” For hardened steel, the best peak-to-background ratio is secured using filtered Cr Ka radiation with the vanadium filter located in the diffracted beam. The volume percent retained austenite is determined by direct comparison of the integrated intensity of an austenite line with the integrated intensity of a marten site line and from the relationships between intensity and concentration for the martensitic and austenitic phases.An application of the subject technique was its use in determining the retained austenite behavior of carburized 9310 steel. The volume percent austenite retained on the surfaces of as-quenched specimens was determined as a function of carburizing potential. The amount of retained austenite subsequently transformed by various combinations of tempering, refrigerating, and retempering treatments was successively ascertained. The amount of retained austenite determined using the subject technique compared closely with the amount of retained austenite measured by metallographic examination. However, the reproducibility of results was better for the X-ray method as compared to metallographie examination. The nondestructive nature of the X-ray method permitted successive measurements on the same surface following repeated thermal treatments.

Phase Transformations in Ti-7w/oMo-3w/oMe Alloy

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 514-515
Author(s):  
S. Fujishiro
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Mechanical Processing ◽  
Ray Method ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Water Quench ◽  
Alpha Beta

The mechanical properties of three titanium alloys (Ti-7Mo-3Al, Ti-7Mo- 3Cu and Ti-7Mo-3Ta) were evaluated as function of: 1) Solutionizing in the beta field and aging, 2) Thermal Mechanical Processing in the beta field and aging, 3) Solutionizing in the alpha + beta field and aging. The samples were isothermally aged in the temperature range 300° to 700*C for 4 to 24 hours, followed by a water quench. Transmission electron microscopy and X-ray method were used to identify the phase formed. All three alloys solutionized at 1050°C (beta field) transformed to martensitic alpha (alpha prime) upon being water quenched. Despite this heavily strained alpha prime, which is characterized by microtwins the tensile strength of the as-quenched alloys is relatively low and the elongation is as high as 30%.

Direct Observation of Crystalline Ordering In Naturally Graphitized Carbon Produced by Low Grade Metamorphism

1977 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 162-163
Author(s):  
Thomas R. McKee ◽  
Peter R. Buseck
Keyword(s):  
Crystallite Size ◽  
Sedimentary Rocks ◽  
Carbonaceous Material ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Graphitized Carbon ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Heat Treated ◽  
Commercial Carbon ◽  
Metamorphic Zone

Sediments commonly contain organic material which appears as refractory carbonaceous material in metamorphosed sedimentary rocks. Grew and others have shown that relative carbon content, crystallite size, X-ray crystallinity and development of well-ordered graphite crystal structure of the carbonaceous material increases with increasing metamorphic grade. The graphitization process is irreversible and appears to be continous from the amorphous to the completely graphitized stage. The most dramatic chemical and crystallographic changes take place within the chlorite metamorphic zone.The detailed X-ray investigation of crystallite size and crystalline ordering is complex and can best be investigated by other means such as high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). The natural graphitization series is similar to that for heat-treated commercial carbon blacks, which have been successfully studied by HRTEM (Ban and others).

The effect of small additions of Cu on precipitation in Al-Mg-Si alloys

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 442-443
Author(s):  
M. Tamizifar ◽  
G. Cliff ◽  
R.W. Devenish ◽  
G.W. Lorimer
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Analytical Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope ◽  
Argon Atmosphere ◽  
Age Hardening ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Heat Treated ◽  
Analytical Electron ◽  
Scanning Transmission

Small additions of copper, <1 wt%, have a pronounced effect on the ageing response of Al-Mg-Si alloys. The object of the present investigation was to study the effect of additions of copper up to 0.5 wt% on the ageing response of a series of Al-Mg-Si alloys and to use high resolution analytical electron microscopy to determine the composition of the age hardening precipitates.The composition of the alloys investigated is given in Table 1. The alloys were heat treated in an argon atmosphere for 30m, water quenched and immediately aged either at 180°C for 15 h or given a duplex treatment of 180°C for 15 h followed by 350°C for 2 h2. The double-ageing treatment was similar to that carried out by Dumolt et al. Analyses of the precipitation were carried out with a HB 501 Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope. X-ray peak integrals were converted into weight fractions using the ratio technique of Cliff and Lorimer.

Long-period modulated superstructures in Pd-12.5 at.%Ce and Pd-15 at.%Ce alloys

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 164-165
Author(s):  
Noriyuki Kuwano ◽  
Masaru Itakura ◽  
Kensuke Oki
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Heavy Elements ◽  
Arc Furnace ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Ultra High Purity ◽  
Heat Treated ◽  
Atomic Scattering ◽  
The Mean

Pd-Ce alloys exhibit various anomalies in physical properties due to mixed valences of Ce, and the anomalies are thought to be strongly related with the crystal structures. Since Pd and Ce are both heavy elements, relative magnitudes of (fcc-fpd) are so small compared with <f> that superlattice reflections, even if any, sometimes cannot be detected in conventional x-ray powder patterns, where fee and fpd are atomic scattering factors of Ce and Pd, and <f> the mean value in the crystal. However, superlattices in Pd-Ce alloys can be analyzed by electron microscopy, thanks to the high detectability of electron diffraction. In this work, we investigated modulated superstructures in alloys with 12.5 and 15.0 at.%Ce.Ingots of Pd-Ce alloys were prepared in an arc furnace under atmosphere of ultra high purity argon. The disc specimens cut out from the ingots were heat-treated in vacuum and electrothinned to electron transparency by a jet method.

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