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ULTRAMICROSCOPY
Volume 103, Issue 1, Pages 83-93Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2004.11.014
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small gamma ' precipitates; nickel-base superalloy
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Empirical datasets of volume fractions and size distributions of small gamma' precipitates from real multi-component engineering nickel-based superalloys are vital to calibrate and validate the computer models which predict high sensitivities of mechanical properties to size and volume fraction of these fine gamma precipitates, and in order to accelerate microstructure and alloy development. Consequently, we investigated a number of imaging techniques available in a Tecnai F-20 FEG/TEM and selected the technique which best enabled rapid and extensive acquisition of these datasets using the engineering alloy, Rene 88'DT. The EFTEM technique was found to be the most appropriate method for imaging fine gamma' precipitates while further investigation showed that the Cr-M-edge, in comparison with other ionization-edges provided the best images based largely on contrast-to-noise ratio. Imaging of the Cr-M-edge elemental maps were further improved by investigating the effects of microscope parameters, imaging filter parameters and analysis of the experimental electron energy loss spectra obtained from this alloy. In addition, a novel technique to determine the volume fraction of the fine gamma' precipitates without the need to determine the absolute thickness of the TEM foil is proposed. (c) 2004 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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