scholarly journals Three-Dimensional Investigations of Finely Grained Materials/ Trójwymiarowa Analiza Materiałów Drobnokrystalicznych

2014 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 1313-1319 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Bobrowski ◽  
M. Faryna ◽  
A. Bigos ◽  
M. Homa ◽  
A. Sypien ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Focused Ion Beam ◽  
Energy Dispersive Spectrometry ◽  
Electron Backscatter Diffraction ◽  
Ion Beam ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
New Materials ◽  
Crystalline Morphology ◽  
Dual Beam ◽  
Electron Backscatter ◽  
Backscatter Diffraction

Abstract Development of new materials requires application of sophisticated techniques to characterize microstructure in a very detailed way. The combination of Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) and Energy Dispersive Spectrometry (EDS) with Focused Ion Beam (FIB) are excellent examples of such techniques. They are based on serial sectioning of chosen region in the investigated sample followed by data acquisition using the dual-beam scanning electron microscope equipped with both electron and ion columns. Three kinds of samples have been investigated: a) are anticorrosive Ni-Mo coating on ferritic steel; b) the oxidized Crofer22 APU ferritic stainless steel; c) the Al 6013 aluminum alloy after complex plastic deformation. The obtained results allowed to analyze crystalline morphology, distribution of precipitates as well as to reconstruct internal structure of grains and grains boundaries geometry.

Application of FIB-EBSD Tomography for Understanding Annealing Phenomena in a Cold Rolled Particle-Containing Nickel Alloy

2007 ◽  
Vol 558-559 ◽  
pp. 413-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wan Qiang Xu ◽  
Michael Ferry ◽  
Julie M. Cairney ◽  
John F. Humphreys
Keyword(s):  
Nickel Alloy ◽  
Focused Ion Beam ◽  
Electron Backscatter Diffraction ◽  
Ion Beam ◽  
Serial Sectioning ◽  
Dual Beam ◽  
Electron Backscatter ◽  
Cold Rolled ◽  
Twin Formation ◽  
Backscatter Diffraction

A typical dual-beam platform combines a focused ion beam (FIB) microscope with a field emission gun scanning electron microscope (FEGSEM). Using FIB-FEGSEM, it is possible to sequentially mill away > ~ 50 nm sections of a material by FIB and characterize, at high resolution, the crystallographic features of each new surface by electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). The successive images can be combined to generate 3D crystallographic maps of the microstructure. A useful technique is described for FIB milling that allows the reliable reconstruction of 3D microstructures using EBSD. This serial sectioning technique was used to investigate the recrystallization behaviour of a particle-containing nickel alloy, which revealed a number of features of the recrystallizing grains that are not clearly evident in 2D EBSD micrographs such as clear evidence of particle stimulated nucleation (PSN) and twin formation and growth during PSN.

Intergrowth Structure of Zeolite Crystals and Pore Orientation of Individual Subunits Revealed by Electron Backscatter Diffraction/Focused Ion Beam Experiments

2008 ◽  
Vol 47 (30) ◽  
pp. 5637-5640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eli Stavitski ◽  
Martyn R. Drury ◽  
D. A. Matthijs de Winter ◽  
Marianne H. F. Kox ◽  
Bert M. Weckhuysen
Keyword(s):  
Focused Ion Beam ◽  
Electron Backscatter Diffraction ◽  
Ion Beam ◽  
Electron Backscatter ◽  
Backscatter Diffraction ◽  
Zeolite Crystals

A 3D FIB Investigation of Dynamic Recrystallization in a Cu-Sn Bronze

2012 ◽  
Vol 715-716 ◽  
pp. 498-501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Gholinia ◽  
Ian Brough ◽  
John F. Humphreys ◽  
Pete S. Bate
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Recrystallization ◽  
Focused Ion Beam ◽  
Electron Backscatter Diffraction ◽  
Ion Beam ◽  
Bronze Alloy ◽  
Ebsd Data ◽  
Nucleation Sites ◽  
Electron Backscatter ◽  
Backscatter Diffraction ◽  
Relationship Of

A combination of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and focused ion beam (FIB) techniques were used to obtain 3D EBSD data in an investigation of dynamic recrystallization in a Cu-2%Sn bronze alloy. The results of this investigation show the origin of the nucleation sites for dynamic recrystallization and also elucidates the orientation relationship of the recrystallized grains to the deformed, prior grains and between the dynamically recrystallized grains.

Intergrowth Structure of Zeolite Crystals and Pore Orientation of Individual Subunits Revealed by Electron Backscatter Diffraction/Focused Ion Beam Experiments

2008 ◽  
Vol 120 (30) ◽  
pp. 5719-5722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eli Stavitski ◽  
Martyn R. Drury ◽  
D. A. Matthijs de Winter ◽  
Marianne H. F. Kox ◽  
Bert M. Weckhuysen
Keyword(s):  
Focused Ion Beam ◽  
Electron Backscatter Diffraction ◽  
Ion Beam ◽  
Electron Backscatter ◽  
Backscatter Diffraction ◽  
Zeolite Crystals

scholarly journals TEM Sample Preparation and FIB-Induced Damage

MRS Bulletin ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 400-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joachim Mayer ◽  
Lucille A. Giannuzzi ◽  
Takeo Kamino ◽  
Joseph Michael
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Focused Ion Beam ◽  
Electron Backscatter Diffraction ◽  
Ion Beam ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Electron Backscatter ◽  
Future Potential ◽  
Backscatter Diffraction ◽  
Composite Samples

AbstractOne of the most important applications of a focused ion beam (FIB) workstation is preparing samples for transmission electron microscope (TEM) investigation. Samples must be uniformly thin to enable the analyzing beam of electrons to penetrate. The FIB enables not only the preparation of large, uniformly thick, sitespecific samples, but also the fabrication of lamellae used for TEM samples from composite samples consisting of inorganic and organic materials with very different properties. This article gives an overview of the variety of techniques that have been developed to prepare the final TEM specimen. The strengths of these methods as well as the problems, such as FIB-induced damage and Ga contamination, are illustrated with examples. Most recently, FIB-thinned lamellae were used to improve the spatial resolution of electron backscatter diffraction and energy-dispersive x-ray mapping. Examples are presented to illustrate the capabilities, difficulties, and future potential of FIB.

Three-Dimensional Texture Analysis

2005 ◽  
Vol 495-497 ◽  
pp. 237-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.J.L. Mulders ◽  
A.P. Day
Keyword(s):  
Focused Ion Beam ◽  
Electron Backscatter Diffraction ◽  
Ion Beam ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Level Of Automation ◽  
Complete Automation ◽  
Third Dimension ◽  
Sample Reconstruction ◽  
High Level ◽  
Backscatter Diffraction

Three-dimensional (3D) microscopy is a new and rapidly expanding area. A DualBeam system, with both a focused ion beam (FIB) column and an electron column, is a powerful instrument for imaging and sectioning microstructures to generate a full 3D sample reconstruction. When an electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) system is attached to the DualBeam, it becomes a unique tool for making 3D crystallographic measurements on a wide variety of materials. Combining the successive removal by FIB, with sequential EBSD maps taken with the electron beam requires clear geometric considerations and a high level of automation to obtain a decent resolution in the third dimension, including positional sub-pixel re-alignment. Complete automation allows controlled sectioning and analysis of a significant volume of material without operator intervention: a process that may run continuously and automatically for many hours. Using a Nova600, a Channel 6 EBSD system and dedicated control software, Aluminium, Nickel and Steel specimens have been examined and volumes with up to 200 slices have been successfully analysed.

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