scholarly journals Stabilization of layered perovskite structures via strontium substitution in Ca3Ti2O7 revealed via elemental mapping

2022 ◽  
Vol 131 (2) ◽  
pp. 024102
Author(s):  
Kosuke Kurushima ◽  
Hiroshi Nakajima ◽  
Shinya Mine ◽  
Hirofumi Tsukasaki ◽  
Masaya Matsuoka ◽  
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Author(s):  
D. R. Liu ◽  
S. S. Shinozaki ◽  
J. S. Park ◽  
B. N. Juterbock

The electric and thermal properties of the resistor material in an automotive spark plug should be stable during its service lifetime. Containing many elements and many phases, this material has a very complex microstructure. Elemental mapping with an electron microprobe can reveal the distribution of all relevant elements throughout the sample. In this work, it is demonstrated that the charge-up effect, which would distort an electron image and, therefore, is normally to be avoided in an electron imaging work, could be used to advantage to reveal conductive and resistive zones in a sample. Its combination with elemental mapping can provide valuable insight into the underlying conductivity mechanism of the resistor.This work was performed in a CAMECA SX-50 microprobe. The spark plug used in the present report was a commercial product taken from the shelf. It was sectioned to expose the cross section of the resistor. The resistor was known not to contain the precious metal Au as checked on the carbon coated sample. The sample was then stripped of carbon coating and re-coated with Au.


Author(s):  
J. Bentley ◽  
E. A. Kenik ◽  
K. Siangchaew ◽  
M. Libera

Quantitative elemental mapping by inner shell core-loss energy-filtered transmission electron microscopy (TEM) with a Gatan Imaging Filter (GIF) interfaced to a Philips CM30 TEM operated with a LaB6 filament at 300 kV has been applied to interfaces in a range of materials. Typically, 15s exposures, slit width Δ = 30 eV, TEM magnifications ∼2000 to 5000×, and probe currents ≥200 nA, were used. Net core-loss maps were produced by AE−r background extrapolation from two pre-edge windows. Zero-loss I0 (Δ ≈ 5 eV) and “total” intensity IT (unfiltered, no slit) images were used to produce maps of t/λ = ln(IT/I0), where λ is the total inelastic mean free path. Core-loss images were corrected for diffraction contrast by normalization with low-loss images recorded with the same slit width, and for changes in thickness by normalization with t/λ, maps. Such corrected images have intensities proportional to the concentration in atoms per unit volume. Jump-ratio images (post-edge divided by pre-edge) were also produced. Spectrum lines across planar interfaces were recorded with TEM illumination by operating the GIF in the spectroscopy mode with an area-selecting slit oriented normal to the energy-dispersion direction. Planar interfaces were oriented normal to the area-selecting slit with a specimen rotation holder.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Kurata ◽  
José A. Flores-Livas ◽  
H. Sugimoto ◽  
H. Takahashi ◽  
H. Sagayama ◽  
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Author(s):  
Daniele Cortecchia ◽  
Wojciech Mróz ◽  
Giulia Folpini ◽  
Tetiana Borzda ◽  
Luca Leoncino ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 941 ◽  
pp. 1760-1765
Author(s):  
Satoshi Sunada ◽  
Yoshitaka Matsui ◽  
Syogo Takeuchi ◽  
Taku Iwaoka ◽  
Koichi Sato ◽  
...  

Sintered magnesium alloys, which were fabricated by Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) method, were examined to study corrosion characteristics by electrochemical method, XRD and EPMA. The binary mixtures alloys of a low-melting-point metal powder (Sn, Bi, Sb) of1.0 vol.% and the pure magnesium powder were prepared. In the Mg-1.0vol.%Bi and Mg-1.0vol.%Sn, Mg3Bi2 and Mg2Sn precipitates was recognized by XRD, respectively. In addition, formation of oxide along powder particle boundaries was observed by EPMA elemental mapping in all specimens. In the case of Mg-1.0vol.%Zn, precipitation of metallic compounds was not recognized by these experiments. According to the results of polarization curve measurements, the Mg-1.0vol.%Bi shows highest corrosion potential. However, corrosion rate which was estimated by Tafel method is relatively larger than other alloys due to Mg3Bi2 precipitation. This result suggests that Mg3Bi2 acts as cathode site. The Mg-1.0vol.%Sn shows superior corrosion rale in these alloys.


2020 ◽  
Vol 226 ◽  
pp. 117423
Author(s):  
Miao Gao ◽  
Xiaoyu Xu ◽  
Zhuowei Li ◽  
Heng Dai ◽  
Chuang Wang ◽  
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