Local Chemistry at Interfaces and Boundaries: Ceramic and Electronic Composite Materials

Autor: W. Braue, Ray Carpenter, J. S. Bow, K. Das Chowdhury, M. J. Kim
Rok vydání: 1995
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Zdroj: Microscopy Microanalysis Microstructures. 6:587-599
ISSN: 1154-2799
DOI: 10.1051/mmm:1995102
Popis: The spatial extent of chemical solute distributions that formed in interfaces between platinum or silicon nitride and silicon carbide or in silicon nitride grain boundaries during high temperature processing of these composites has been investigated by position resolved nanospectroscopy, Z-contrast imaging and energy selected imaging. The solute distributions resulted from intentional sintering aid additions or interfacial reaction. The distribution widths normal to the nominal interface/boundary planes, called chemical interface/boundary widths, were much larger than the corresponding structural widths of the same boundaries and interfaces, determined by HREM imaging. Qualitative agreement between the three methods used to determine chemical widths was excellent. Differences in count rate resulting from beam current differences among the methods resulted is some predictable quantitative disagreements in absolute chemical widths. Energy selected imaging proved to be a very fast, efficient method for examination of chemical distributions over large specimen areas.
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