scholarly journals TEM Studies of Precipitate Growth at the Atomic Level

1985 ◽  
Vol 62 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Howe ◽  
R. Gronsky
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
High Resolution Electron Microscopy ◽  
Atomic Level ◽  
Atomic Structures ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Resolution Electron ◽  
Precipitate Growth ◽  
Convergent Beam ◽  
Microscopy Techniques

ABSTRACTRecent advances in transmission electron microscopy instrumentation and technique now make it possible to study the shape-evolution of precipitates in metallic alloys at the atomic level. This investigation demostrates how a combination of transmission electron microscopy techniques; namely, high-resolution electron microscopy, image simulation, energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy and convergent-beam electron diffraction are used to characterize the atomic structures, chemistry and growth mechanisms of γ' precipitate plates in an Al-4.2 a/o Ag alloy aged for 30 min. at 350°C. The complimentary information obtained from each of these techniques allows modelling of the growth process at the atomic level, thus providing insight into the basic precipitation behavior of alloys.

Phase Diagram Determination For Modifications Of The D Phase In The Al-AlCo-AINi System

1998 ◽  
Vol 553 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Lück ◽  
M. Scheffer ◽  
T. Gödecke ◽  
S. Ritschj ◽  
C. Beelif
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Liquidus Projection ◽  
High Resolution Electron Microscopy ◽  
Reaction Scheme ◽  
Decagonal Phase ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Resolution Electron ◽  
In Situ Experiments ◽  
Projection Surface

AbstractAn extensive investigation into the At-AICo-AlNi ternary subsystem is presented. Observations have used the techniques of differential thermal analysis, magnetothermal analysis, dilatometry, metallography, X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and high-resolution electron microscopy. Representative graphic documentation, as liquidus projection surface, isothermal sections, temperature-concentration section, and reaction scheme are presented. 11 phases from the binaries Al-Co and Al-Ni and the three ternary phases Y2 (Co2NiAl9), X and the decagonal phase D were found at room temperature. The decagonal phase is formed from the melt peritectically via a critical tie line and its primary formation area dominates at the liquidus projection surface. 45 three-phase regions are present according to the reaction scheme.Several phase variants in the area of the decagonal phase were detected by transmission electron microscopy. Phase fields of the variants were determined from samples quenched from their respective temperatures. In-situ experiments on transformations of variants were performed by dilatometric measurements. The subdivision of the D phase area into the fields of the variants is discussed.

Advanced Computing in Electron Microscopy, Earl J. Kirkland 1998. Plenum Press, New York and London. 260 pages. ($72.50)

1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 371-372
Author(s):  
John Spence
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
New York ◽  
Recent Observation ◽  
High Resolution Electron Microscopy ◽  
Atomic Level ◽  
Phase Identification ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Resolution Electron ◽  
New Material ◽  
Advanced Computing

The recent observation of Bucky-tubes by S. Iijima using a transmission electron microscope (TEM) represents the first occasion in which a useful new material, subsequently available in commercial quantities, has been discovered by high-resolution electron microscopy (HREM). More commonly, the HREM method has been used for microcharacterization of materials at the atomic level, and for phase identification of submicrometer-sized microphases and polytypes.

A transmission electron microscopy study of the crystallinity and secondary phase formation in melt-processed YBa2Cu3O7−δ

1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 2990-2999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Yan ◽  
D. A. Cardwell ◽  
A. M. Campbell ◽  
W. M. Stobbs
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Secondary Phase ◽  
High Resolution Electron Microscopy ◽  
Microscopy Study ◽  
Electron Microscopy Study ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Resolution Electron ◽  
Secondary Phase Formation ◽  
Layer Stacking

The microstructure of large grain melt-processed YBa2Cu3O7−δ containing 10 molar% excess Y2BaCuO5 prepared and oxygenated under atmospheric pressure has been investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and optical microscopy. These materials always contain parallel structural and microscopic platelet-like features in the crystallographic a-b plane of a few microns spacing which have been variously described as grain boundaries or microcracks. We have observed such features, which clearly influence the flow of current in melt-processed YBCO, to consist of copper deficient, impurity phase material which can be either amorphous or crystalline in nature. A variety of defects have been observed by high-resolution electron microscopy (HREM) in the vicinity of these platelet boundaries, including double and triple CuO layer stacking faults, which may constitute effective flux pinning sites.

Synthesis of ZnO2 Nanocrystals Produced by Hydrothermal Process

2009 ◽  
Vol 1242 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Esparza ◽  
A. Aguilar ◽  
A. Escobedo-Morales ◽  
C. Patiño-Carachure ◽  
U. Pal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Hydrogen Peroxide ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Hydrothermal Process ◽  
High Resolution Electron Microscopy ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Resolution Electron ◽  
Zinc Peroxide ◽  
20 Nm

ABSTRACTZinc peroxide (ZnO2) nanocrystals were directly produced by hydrothermal process. The nanocrystals were synthesized using zinc acetate as precursor and hydrogen peroxide as oxidant agent. The ZnO2 powders were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. The results of transmission electron microscopy indicated that the ZnO2powders consisted of nanocrystals with diameters below to 20 nm and a faceted morphology. High resolution electron microscopy observations have been used in order to the structural characterization. ZnO2 nanocrystals exhibit a well-crystallized structure.

High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy of Partial States of Oxygen Order in YBa2Cu3Oz

1990 ◽  
Vol 183 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. P. Burmester ◽  
S. Quong ◽  
L. T. Wille ◽  
R. Gronsky ◽  
B. T. Ahn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
High Resolution Electron Microscopy ◽  
Contrast Effects ◽  
Oxygen Loss ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Resolution Electron ◽  
Out Of Plane ◽  
Partial States

AbstractHigh resolution electron microscopy is used to investigate the effect of electron irradiation induced oxygen loss on the states of partial order in YBa2Cu3Oz. Contrast effects visible in the [001] zone image as a result of the degree of the out-of-plane correlation of these ordered states are investigated. Using statistical simulations to aid in the analysis of the HREM images, an interpretation based on a kinetically limited evolution of the variation of long range [001] ordering is proposed.

Transmission electron microscopy study of Co/Pd and Co/Au multilayers

1993 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 1019-1027 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Hakkens ◽  
A. De Veirman ◽  
W. Coene ◽  
Broeder F.J.A. den
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
High Resolution Electron Microscopy ◽  
Microscopy Study ◽  
Columnar Structure ◽  
Electron Microscopy Study ◽  
Misfit Dislocations ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Resolution Electron

The structure of Co/Pd and Co/Au (111) multilayers is studied using transmission electron microscopy and high resolution electron microscopy. We focused on microstructure, atomic stacking (especially at the interfaces), and coherency, as these are structural properties that have considerable magnetic effects. A columnar structure with a strong curvature of the multilayer influenced by substrate temperature during growth is observed. High resolution imaging shows numerous steps at the interfaces of the multilayer structure and the presence of misfit dislocations. In bright-field images, periodic contrast fringes are observed at these interfaces as the result of moiré interference. These moiré fringes are used to study the misfit relaxation at the interfaces, whereas electron diffraction gives the average relaxation over the whole layer. Both measurements determined that, for Co/Pd as well as Co/Au multilayers, 80–85% of the misfit is relaxed and 20–15% remains in the form of strain, independent of the Co layer thickness in the regime studied.

Dissolution of Copper Precipitates in An Fe−1·3Wt%Cu Alloy Under Fe+ Ion Irradiation

1998 ◽  
Vol 540 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. C. Nicol ◽  
M. L. Jenkins ◽  
N. Wanderka ◽  
C. Abromeit
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Ion Irradiation ◽  
High Resolution Electron Microscopy ◽  
Cu Alloy ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Resolution Electron ◽  
The Stability

AbstractThe stability of Cu precipitates in an Fe-1.3wt%Cu alloy under 300 keV Fe+ion irradiation has been investigated using transmission electron microscopy and high-resolution electron microscopy. The irradiations were carried out between room temperature and 550°C at displacement rates of 103 to 10−2 dpa(s)−1 to fluences of up to 30 dpa. Copper precipitates were found to keep their shape but decrease in size under all irradiation conditions. The results are discussed within the framework of a competitive process between irradiation induced ballistic destruction of precipitates by cascades and irradiation-enhanced precipitation.

Grain Boundary Transformations in Bi-Doped Copper

1991 ◽  
Vol 238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elsie C. Urdaneta ◽  
David E. Luzzi ◽  
Charles J. McMahon
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Treatment Time ◽  
High Resolution Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Resolution Electron

ABSTRACTBismuth-induced grain boundary faceting in Cu-12 at ppm Bi polycrystals was studied using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The population of faceted grain boundaries in samples aged at 600°C was observed to increase with heat treatment time from 15min to 24h; aging for 72h resulted in de-faceting, presumably due to loss of Bi from the specimen. The majority of completely faceted boundaries were found between grains with misorientation Σ=3. About 65% of the facets of these boundaries were found to lie parallel to crystal plane pairs of the type {111}1/{111]2- The significance of these findings in light of recent high resolution electron microscopy experiments is discussed.

Space group and atomic structure determination of a nano-sized ordered phase derived from a f.c.c. structure in maraging steel 12Cr–9Ni–4Mo–2Cu using transmission electron microscopy

2003 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Liu
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Maraging Steel ◽  
High Resolution Electron Microscopy ◽  
Maraging Steels ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Resolution Electron ◽  
Convergent Beam ◽  
Tetragonal Cell

The unique properties of maraging steel Sandvik 1RK91 were attributed to unique precipitation: a nano-sized L phase in addition to the quasi-crystalline R′ phase, which differs from any precipitation system in conventional maraging steels. The L phase was observed after ageing at either 748 or 823 K. It has flake morphology with dimensions ∼100 × 500 × 500 Å. In the present study the structure of the L phase was examined using convergent-beam electron diffraction (CBED), energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) and high-resolution electron microscopy (HREM). The L phase could be described as Ti19Fe9Mo9Al8Cr5Ni50 or simply M 50Ni50 (M = Ti, Fe, Mo, Al and Cr). The L phase is isostructural to FeNi. Its crystal structure was determined to have the ordered structure of the uAu-I type (L10, P4/mmm, a = 3.52, c = 3.63 Å and Z = 2) with two Ni atoms at ½ 0 ½ and 0 ½ ½, and two M atoms at 0 0 0 and ½ ½ 0. The crystal structure of the L phase can also be described using a primitive tetragonal cell and lattice parameters: a = 2.49 and c = 3.63 Å, Z = 1. The volume of the primitive tetragonal unit cell is 22.5 Å3 and the density is ∼6.98 g cm−3. The present study has demonstrated the possibility of determining the structure of an extremely small crystal by utilizing the information from CBED, EDX analysis and HREM.

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