Electrodeposited Nanocrystalline Ni-Fe with Banded Structure

2012 ◽  
Vol 706-709 ◽  
pp. 1618-1623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uta Klement ◽  
Mehrdad Shahabi-Navid ◽  
Glenn D. Hibbard

The microstructure of a Ni–18 wt.% Fe electrodeposits having a banded structure is described in detail. The aim is to investigate the influence of the banded structure on grain growth behaviour and texture and to elucidate if there are other mechanisms operative in the stabilization of nanocrystalline electrodeposits. Spectroscopy techniques have been used to characterize the variations in alloy/impurity concentration perpendicular to the growth direction. The influence of these chemical variations on the microstructural evolution has been monitored by in-situ annealing treatments in the TEM. Local texture of the annealed material has been determined by use of the electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) technique. SEM and TEM investigations have shown that the banded structure is not related to phase changes and that grain growth is not affected by the banded structure, i.e. there is no preferred growth along bands. The first grown grains have <100>, <112> and <111> orientations with the growth direction and upon further grain growth a <111> fibre texture with respect to the growth direction of the electrodeposits is formed. The banded structure seems not to affect the general behaviour of nanocrystalline electrodeposits.

2010 ◽  
Vol 160 ◽  
pp. 235-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uta Klement ◽  
L. Hollang ◽  
S.R. Dey ◽  
M. Battabyal ◽  
O.V. Mishin ◽  
...  

Thick (up to 5 mm) Ni electrodeposits were produced by the pulsed electrodeposition (PED) technique. The PED-Ni was investigated in planar and cross-sections using high resolution scanning electron microscopy. Grain size and local texture were studied by electron backscatter diffraction. Thermal stability and grain growth behaviour were investigated using in-situ annealing in the transmission electron microscope. It is observed that columnar grains are present in the material and that the orientation of grains is not uniform. Textures and in-situ annealing behaviour are compared to previous data on nanocrystalline PED-Ni and Ni-Fe, where a subgrain coalescence model adopted from recrystallization is used to describe the occurrence of abnormal grain growth upon annealing and where twinning was found to be responsible for the texture development.


2004 ◽  
Vol 467-470 ◽  
pp. 935-940 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Piazolo ◽  
Vera G. Sursaeva ◽  
David J. Prior

First results from grain growth experiments in a columnar structured Al foil show several interesting features: (a) the grain size distribution remains heterogeneous even after up to 300 min. annealing and (b) the Von Neumann-Mullins relation is not always satisfied. To clarify the underlying reasons for these features, in-situ heating experiments within a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) were combined with detailed Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) analysis. These show that the movement of boundaries can be strongly heterogeneous. For example, the complete replacement of one grain by a neighbouring grain without significant change of the surrounding grain boundary topology is frequently seen. Experiments show that grain boundary energy and/or mobility are anisotropic both with respect to misorientation and orientation of grain boundary plane. Low energy and/or mobility boundaries are commonly low angle boundaries, twin boundaries and boundaries that form traces to a low index plane of at least one of the adjacent grains. As a consequence the Von Neumann-Mullins relation is not always satisfied.


2004 ◽  
Vol 854 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Knepper ◽  
Katherine Jackson ◽  
Blake Stevens ◽  
Shefford P. Baker

ABSTRACTTa films were prepared in the metastable β phase using an ultra-high vacuum sputter deposition system. The stresses that arose during thermal cycles to 750°C were measured using an in situ substrate curvature measurement system, allowing oxygen content in the films to be minimized. A phase transformation from β to the stable α phase takes place in conjunction with distinct “jumps” in stress in the tensile direction during heating at approximately 400°C and 650°C. X-ray and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) analyses were used to determine grain sizes, along with crystal phase and orientation information. These results indicate a significant amount of grain growth accompanying the phase transformation. It is found that the measured total stress change is in reasonable agreement with that predicted by the combination of grain growth, crystal densification associated with the phase transformation, and stress relaxation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 837 ◽  
pp. 41-45
Author(s):  
Shuai Sun ◽  
Kai Hua Liu

In order to determine the evolution features of deformation twins for TA2 commercial pure titanium (cp-TA2), the TA2 samples were bent under different bending angles in three-point bending tests via a universal testing machine. The electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) technique was applied to identify the grain boundaries (GBs) and twin boundaries (TBs) in the bending areas. The results reveal that the type of deformation area would effect the evolution of different deformation twins. It is inferred that the state of stress would promote the multiplication of the same type of deformation twins.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 1215
Author(s):  
Mirza Atif Abbas ◽  
Yan Anru ◽  
Zhi Yong Wang

Additively manufactured tungsten and its alloys have been widely used for plasma facing components (PFCs) in future nuclear fusion reactors. Under the fusion process, PFCs experience a high-temperature exposure, which will ultimately affect the microstructural features, keeping in mind the importance of microstructures. In this study, microhardness and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) techniques were used to study the specimens. Vickers hardness method was used to study tungsten under different parameters. EBSD technique was used to study the microstructure and Kikuchi pattern of samples under different orientations. We mainly focused on selective laser melting (SLM) parameters and the effects of these parameters on the results of different techniques used to study the behavior of samples.


2011 ◽  
Vol 702-703 ◽  
pp. 574-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Goran ◽  
G. Ji ◽  
M. N. Avettand-Fènoël ◽  
R. Taillard

Texture and microstructure of FSW joined Al and Cu sheets were investigated by means of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) technique. The analysis has revealed a strong texture evolution on both sides of the weld interface as well as a very complex microstructure. Grains were found to be fully recrystallized on both sides of the weld and with different average diameters at different specific zones of the weld.


2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 469-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Visweswara C. Gudla ◽  
Alistair Garner ◽  
Malte Storm ◽  
Parmesh Gajjar ◽  
James Carr ◽  
...  

AbstractEnvironmentally induced cracking (EIC) in a sensitized high-strength AA5083 H131 alloy has been investigated using time-lapse synchrotron X-ray computed tomography combined with post-mortem correlative characterization. Small corrosion features deliberately introduced in a pre-exposure step were found to be the site of initiation for over 95% of the 44 EIC cracks that developed under slow strain rate testing. Detailed analysis using three-dimensional electron backscatter diffraction and energy-dispersive spectroscopy analysis of a single crack confirmed the intergranular nature of the cracks from the start and that the pre-exposure corrosion was associated with an α-AlFeMnSi particle cluster. It also appears that several cracks may have initiated at this site, which later coalesced to form the 300-μm-long crack that ultimately developed. Of further note is the fact that initiation of the EIC cracks across the sample started below the yield strength and continued beyond the ultimate tensile strength. The most rapid crack propagation occurred during sample extension following a period of fixed displacement.


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