Size distribution and volume fraction of T1 phase precipitates from TEM images: Direct measurements and related correction

被引：50

作者：

Dorin, Thomas ^{[1
,2
,3
,4
]}

Donnadieu, Patricia ^{[1
,2
]}

Chaix, Jean-Marc ^{[1
,2
]}

Lefebvre, Williams ^{[5
]}

De Geuser, Frederic ^{[1
,2
]}

Deschamps, Alexis ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Grenoble Alpes, SIMAP, F-38000 Grenoble, France

[2] CNRS, SIMAP, F-38000 Grenoble, France

[3] Deakin Univ, Inst Frontier Mat, Geelong, Vic 3217, Australia

[4] Constellium C Tec, F-38341 Voreppe, France

[5] Univ Rouen, CNRS, Grp Phys Mat, F-76801 St Etienne, France

来源：

MICRON | 2015年 / 78卷

关键词：

Precipitates; Correction method; High angle dark field imaging; Atom probe tomography; PLASTIC-DEFORMATION; QUANTIFICATION; PARTICLES;

D O I：

10.1016/j.micron.2015.06.002

中图分类号：

TH742 [显微镜];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) can be used to measure the size distribution and volume fraction of fine scale precipitates in metallic systems. However, such measurements suffer from a number of artefacts that need to be accounted for, related to the finite thickness of the TEM foil and to the projected observation in two dimensions of the microstructure. We present a correction procedure to describe the 3D distribution of disc-like particles and apply this method to the plate-like T-1 precipitates in an Al-Li-Cu alloy in two ageing conditions showing different particle morphologies. The precipitates were imaged in a High-Angular Annular Dark Field Microscope (HAADF-STEM). The corrected size distribution is further used to determine the precipitate volume fraction. Atom probe tomography (APT) is finally utilised as an alternative way to measure the precipitate volume fraction and test the validity of the electron microscopy results. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：19 / 27

页数：9

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