Observation of an adiabatic shear band in AISI 4340 steel by high-voltage transmission electron microscopy

1990 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 707-716 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. L. Wittman ◽  
M. A. Meyers ◽  
H. -R. Pak
Author(s):  
Nobuo Tanaka ◽  
Takeshi Fujita ◽  
Yoshimasa Takahashi ◽  
Jun Yamasaki ◽  
Kazuyoshi Murata ◽  
...  

A new environmental high-voltage transmission electron microscope (E-HVEM) was developed by Nagoya University in collaboration with JEOL Ltd. An open-type environmental cell was employed to enable in-situ observations of chemical reactions on catalyst particles as well as mechanical deformation in gaseous conditions. One of the reasons for success was the application of high-voltage transmission electron microscopy to environmental (in-situ) observations in the gas atmosphere because of high transmission of electrons through gas layers and thick samples. Knock-on damages to samples by high-energy electrons were carefully considered. In this paper, we describe the detailed design of the E-HVEM, recent developments and various applications. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue ‘Dynamic in situ microscopy relating structure and function'.


Author(s):  
A. Ishikawa ◽  
C. Morita ◽  
M. Hibino ◽  
S. Maruse

One of the problems which are met in conventional transmission electron microscopy (CTEM) at high voltages is the reduction of the sensitivity of photographic films for high energy electron beams, resulting in the necessity of using high beam current. This cancels out an advantage of high voltage electron microscopy which is otherwise expected from the reduction of the inelastic scattering in the specimen, that is the reduced radiation damage of the specimen during observations. However, it is expected that the efficiency of the detector of scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) can be superior to that of CTEM, since the divergence of the electron beam in the detecting material does not affect the quality of the image. In addition to observation with less radiation damage, high voltage STEM with high detection efficiency is very attractive for observations of weak contrast objects since the enhancement of the contrast (which is an important advantage of STEM) is easily realized electrically.


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