Determination of the Fe content of embedded Cu-rich particles in ferritic alloys using energy-filtered TEM.

Autor: Lozano-Perez S; Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PH, UK. sergio.lozano-perez@materials.ox.ac.uk, Titchmarsh JM, Jenkins ML
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Ultramicroscopy [Ultramicroscopy] 2006 Jan; Vol. 106 (2), pp. 75-91. Date of Electronic Publication: 2005 Jul 01.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2005.06.002
Abstrakt: A novel technique for the quantification of the iron content of copper precipitates in ferritic steels is presented. Energy-filtered (EF) imaging has been used to extract elemental maps with high spatial resolution. These maps contain enough information to attempt the quantification of the signal produced by the precipitates when either a line profile is measured across them or the whole image signal is integrated. Assumptions such as sphericity of the precipitates and composition variations are discussed. Special attention to the assessment of drift on the information extracted from EF images has been taken. Minimum detectability and optimum acquisition conditions are discussed.
Databáze: MEDLINE