Preparation and Certification of Standard Reference Materials to be Used in the Determination of Retained Austenite in Steels

1982 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 137-140
Author(s):  
George E. Hicho ◽  
Earl E. Eaton

In the steel hardening process, steel is heated to a temperature where a face-centered-cubic solid phase called austenite is formed. After a stabilization period, the steel is quenched into a medium which transforms the austenite into a metastable, body-centered-tetragonal solid phase called martensite. On occasion the austenite is not entirely transformed into martensite and some austenite remains. This untransformed (retained) austenite is sometimes detrimental to the finished product, and often there are requirements as to the amount of retained austenite permitted In the finished product.X-ray diffraction procedures (XRD) are normally used to determine the amount of retained austenite and this paper describes the preparation and characterization of the Standard Reference Materials used to calibrate x-ray diffraction units.

2008 ◽  
Vol 373-374 ◽  
pp. 318-321
Author(s):  
J. Liang ◽  
M.K. Lei

Effects of stacking faults in a high nitrogen face-centered-cubic phase (γΝ) formed on plasma source ion nitrided 1Cr18Ni9Ti (18-8 type) austenitic stainless steel on peak shift and peak asymmetry of x-ray diffraction were investigated based on Warren’s theory and Wagner’s method, respectively. The peak shift from peak position of the γΝ phase is ascribed to the deformation faults density α, while the peak asymmetry of the γΝ phase is characterized by deviation of the center of gravity of a peak from the peak maximum (Δ C.G.) due to the twin faults density β. The calculated peak positions of x-ray diffraction patterns are consistent with that measured for plasma source ion nitrided 1Cr18Ni9Ti stainless steel.


2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 1000-1010
Author(s):  
Bärbel Krause ◽  
Michael Stüber ◽  
Anna Zimina ◽  
Ralph Steininger ◽  
Mareike Trappen ◽  
...  

Cr–Al–N coatings with a lateral composition gradient were deposited from two segmented Cr/Al targets with different segment size, thus covering the Al content range 0.22 ≲ c ≲ 0.87 and a thickness range from several hundred nanometres to several micrometres. The two-dimensional thickness and composition profiles were determined nondestructively from X-ray fluorescence maps. The results were reproduced by simulations of the flux distribution on the sample surface, combiningTRIDYNsimulations of the reactive sputter process at the target surface andSIMTRAsimulations of the subsequent transport through the gas phase. The phase formation was studied by spatially resolved X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption spectroscopy at the Cr Kedge. Forc ≲ 0.69, a single-phase solid solution face-centered cubic (f.c.c.) (Cr,Al)N phase was found, and for 0.69 ≲ c ≲ 0.87 coexisting f.c.c. (Cr,Al)N and hexagonal close packed (h.c.p.) (Cr,Al)N phases were observed. The biaxial texture formation in nearly the entire composition range indicates a zone T growth. Four, mainly composition-dependent, texture regions were identified. All observed textures are closely related to textures reported for the h.c.p. AlN and f.c.c. CrN parent phases. Forc ≳ 0.69, a strong thickness dependence of the textures was observed. The measurements reveal an orientation relation between different f.c.c. and h.c.p. textures, indicating that local epitaxy might play a role in the structure formation.


1995 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 1546-1554 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.M. Chow ◽  
L.K. Kurihara ◽  
K.M. Kemner ◽  
P.E. Schoen ◽  
W.T. Elam ◽  
...  

Nanocrystalline CoxCu100−x (4 ⋚ x ⋚ 49 at. %) powders were prepared by the reduction of metal acetates in a polyol. The structure of powders was characterized by x-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy, solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, and vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM). As-synthesized powders were composites consisting of nanoscale crystallites of face-centered cubic (fcc) Cu and metastable face-centered cubic (fcc) Co. Complementary results of XRD, HRTEM, EXAFS, NMR, and VSM confirmed that there was no metastable alloying between Co and Cu. The NMR data also revealed that there was some hexagonal-closed-packed (hcp) Co in the samples. The powders were agglomerated, and consisted of aggregates of nanoscale crystallites of Co and Cu. Upon annealing, the powders with low Co contents showed an increase in both saturation magnetization and coercivity with increasing temperature. The results suggested that during preparation the nucleation of Cu occurred first, and the Cu crystallites served as nuclei for the formation of Co.


2015 ◽  
Vol 799-800 ◽  
pp. 120-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Donnabelle L. Balela ◽  
Lalaine M. Dulin ◽  
Erica A. Garcia ◽  
M. Janelle H. Tica

Cobalt-nickel (Co-Ni) nanowires were formed by electroless deposition in ethylene glycol under external magnetic field. The effects of initial Co (II) and Ni (II) concentration on the surface and morphology of the synthesized nanowires were investigated by x-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) respectively. An increase in the Co (II) concentration resulted in increase in diameter of the nanowires. However, the length of nanowires was observed to decrease. Higher Co (II) concentration resulted in a mixture of hexagonal close-packed and face-centered cubic Co-Ni nanowires. X-ray diffraction revealed that crystal growth occurred when the nanowires are annealed at 653 K for 10h.


2011 ◽  
Vol 335-336 ◽  
pp. 429-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiu Yu Sun ◽  
Fa Qiang Xu

Highly ordered Cu, Ag and Au nanowire arrays with high aspect ratio and highly dense self-supporting nanowire patterns of copper group were successfully prepared using cyclic voltammetry with the assistance of anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) template. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns of the metal nanowries were indexed to the face-centered cubic structure. The field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) results demonstrated that the length of nanowire could be controlled by changing the electrodepositon conditions. The aspect ratio of nanowire arrays can be tuned.


2011 ◽  
Vol 683 ◽  
pp. 95-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Yang ◽  
Peng Yang ◽  
Jing Mei Tao ◽  
Cai Ju Li ◽  
Xin Kun Zhu

Sacking fault energy (SFE) is the key role in solving this problem of getting high strength and expected ductility simultaneously. This work adds Al as the procedure of decreasing SFE in Cu face-centered cubic. It is an economic and effective method to counterpart Cold-rolling at liquid nitrogen temperature to get high density deformation twin and ultrafine-grains size. After undergoing tensile and X-ray diffraction tests, Cu-4.5 wt.% Al plays the best performance on both strength and ductility. Thus there exist the optimal SFE of Cu-Al alloys which get both high strength and expected ductility simultaneously.


2013 ◽  
Vol 712-715 ◽  
pp. 233-236
Author(s):  
Hui Ping Shao ◽  
Zhi Wang ◽  
Tao Lin ◽  
Sen Sun

CoPt nanoparticles with an average size of 2.8 – 4.7 nm were synthesized by reduction of non-toxic precursors Co(CH3COO)2and Pt(acac)2using trioctylamine as a solvent at reaction temperature of 260 – 280 °C. The X-ray diffraction pattern showed that as-prepared particles have a disordered face-centered cubic structure while annealing at 700 °C caused them to be an ordered face-centered tetragonal structure. The annealing increased magnetic coercivity of the particles from zero to 772.4 Oe and their saturated magnetization from 15.04 to 27.95 emu/g.


2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. M. Artem ◽  
D. M. Santos ◽  
A. R. De Andrade ◽  
K. B. Kokoh ◽  
J. Ribeiro

This work consisted in the preparation of platinum-based catalysts supported on carbon (Vulcan XC-72) and investigation of their physicochemical and electrochemical properties. Catalysts of the C/Pt-Ni-Sn-Me (Me = Ru or Ir) type were prepared by the Pechini method at temperature of350∘C. Four different compositions were homemade: C/Pt60Sn10Ni30, C/Pt60Sn10Ni20Ru10, C/Pt60Sn10Ni10Ru20, and C/Pt60Sn10Ni10Ir20. These catalysts were electrochemically and physically characterized by cyclic voltammetry (CV), chronoamperometry (CA) in the presence of glycerol 1.0 mol dm-3, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). XRD results showed the main peaks of face-centered cubic Pt. The particle sizes obtained from XRD and HRTEM experiments were close to values ranging from 3 to 8.5 nm. The CV results indicate behavior typical of Pt-based catalysts in acid medium. The CV and CA data reveal that quaternary catalysts present the highest current density for the electrooxidation of glycerol.


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