TY - JOUR A1 - Serrano Munoz, Itziar A1 - Pfretzschner, Beate A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Nadammal, Naresh A1 - Kardjilov, N. A1 - Markötter, Henning A1 - Neuwirth, T. A1 - Schulz, M. A1 - Griesche, Axel T1 - High-resolution Bragg-edge neutron radiography detects grain morphology in PBF-LB/M IN718 JF - Materialia N2 - One of the main advantages of metal additive manufacturing (MAM) techniques is their ability to produce components with site-specific microstructural features. Nevertheless, microstructural defects and lack of repeatability are still major concerns in MAM. In this study, a laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB/M) IN718 material, produced using two different scan length vectors, is investigated using Bragg-edge neutron 2D imaging (BENI) combined with electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) analysis. BENI is able to detect, on a macroscopic scale, process-induced changes in texture in a large field of view covering the entire sample (20×80 mm2). In addition, high-resolution BENI (HR-BENI), with a pixel size of 12.8 µm, provides a micro-scale examination of the local variations of texture and grain morphology, otherwise undistinguishable using the standard resolution. As such, HR-BENI offers a straightforward and detailed way of screening the integrity of MAM parts at cm-length scales. KW - Bragg-edge neutron 2D imaging (BENI) KW - Metal additive manufacturing (MAM) KW - IN718 PBF-LB/M KW - Crystallographic texture control KW - Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) PY - 2023 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2023.101827 SN - 2589-1529 VL - 30 SP - 1 EP - 6 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-57819 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pfretzschner, Beate A1 - Schaupp, Thomas A1 - Hannemann, Andreas A1 - Schultz, Michael A1 - Griesche, Axel T1 - On the Genesis of Artifacts in Neutron Transmission Imaging of Hydrogenous Steel Specimens JF - Journal of Imaging N2 - Hydrogen-charged supermartensitic steel samples were used to systematically investigate imaging artifacts in neutron radiography. Cadmium stencils were placed around the samples to shield the scintillator from excessive neutron radiation and to investigate the influence of the backlight effect. The contribution of scattered neutrons to the total detected intensity was investigated by additionally varying the sample-detector distance and applying a functional correlation between distance and intensity. Furthermore, the influence of the surface roughness on the edge effect due to refraction was investigated. KW - Refraction KW - Neutron imaging KW - Hydrogen KW - Supermartensitic steel KW - Backlight KW - Scattering PY - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-506587 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging6040022 VL - 6 IS - 22 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - MDPI CY - Basel, Switzerland AN - OPUS4-50658 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pfretzschner, Beate A1 - Schaupp, Thomas A1 - Griesche, Axel T1 - Hydrogen in Metals Visualized by Neutron Imaging JF - Corrosion N2 - Neutron cameras allow visualizing hydrogen distributions with radiographic or tomographic imaging methods in iron (and steel) and many other metals. The necessary contrast between hydrogen and these metals stems from the high difference in the total neutron cross section of both elements. This allows, e.g., the in situ measurement of hydrogen mass flow inside cm thick metal samples with a temporal resolution of at best 10 s using neutron radiography as well as the quantitative measurement of hydrogen accumulations, e.g., at the crack’s inner surfaces in hydrogen embrittled iron samples with neutron tomography. This new quality of the information on a micrometer scale allows new insights for the analysis of hydrogen-assisted damage mechanisms. Further, this method is non-destructive and provides local information in situ and in three dimensions with a spatial resolution of 20 μm - 30 μm. In this contribution, we give a short historical overview of neutron imaging and show examples that demonstrate the spatial and temporal resolution of the neutron radiography and tomography methods in order to visualize and quantify hydrogen accumulations, absorption processes, and diffusion. The examples are taken from the works of researchers dealing with titanium, palladium, zirconium, and iron or steel. More detailed descriptions of the experimental and analytic procedures are given for hydrogen detection using radiography and tomography on iron and steel samples. KW - Hydrogen assisted cracking KW - Neutron imaging PY - 2019 DO - https://doi.org/10.5006/3104 SN - 0010-9312 VL - 75 IS - 8 SP - 903 EP - 910 PB - NACE International AN - OPUS4-48775 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Griesche, Axel A1 - Pfretzschner, Beate A1 - Taparli, Ugur Alp A1 - Kardjilov, N. T1 - Time-Resolved Neutron Bragg-Edge Imaging: A Case Study by Observing Martensitic Phase Formation in Low Temperature Transformation (LTT) Steel during GTAW JF - Novel Approaches for Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation N2 - Polychromatic and wavelength-selective neutron transmission radiography were applied during bead-on-plate welding on 5 mm thick sheets on the face side of martensitic low transformation temperature (LTT) steel plates using gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW). The in situ visualization of austenitization upon welding and subsequent α’-martensite formation during cooling could be achieved with a temporal resolution of 2 s for monochromatic imaging using a single neutron wavelength and of 0.5 s for polychromatic imaging using the full spectrum of the beam (white beam). The spatial resolution achieved in the experiments was approximately 200 µm. The transmitted monochromatic neutron beam intensity at a wavelength of λ = 0.395 nm was significantly reduced during cooling below the martensitic start temperature M s since the emerging martensitic phase has a ~10% higher attenuation coefficient than the austenitic phase. Neutron imaging was significantly influenced by coherent neutron scattering caused by the thermal motion of the crystal lattice (Debye–Waller factor), resulting in a reduction in the neutron transmission by approx. 15% for monochromatic and by approx. 4% for polychromatic imaging. KW - Neutron radiography KW - Debye–Waller factor KW - Austenite-to-martensite transformation KW - Low transformation temperature (LTT) steel KW - Bragg-edge imaging KW - Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-559077 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/app112210886 VL - 11 IS - 22 PB - MDPI AN - OPUS4-55907 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Griesche, Axel A1 - Pfretzschner, Beate A1 - Schaupp, Thomas A1 - Schulz, M. A1 - Kardjilov, N. ED - Duprez, Lode T1 - Hydrogen in steel visualized by neutron imaging T2 - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Metals & Hydrogen N2 - Neutron cameras allow visualizing hydrogen distributions with radiographic or tomographic imaging methods in iron and steel. The necessary contrast between hydrogen and iron stems from the high difference in the total neutron cross section of both elements. This allows e.g. the in situ measurement of hydrogen mass flow inside cm thick steel samples with a temporal resolution of 20 s using neutron radiography as well as the quantitative measurement of hydrogen accumulations at the crack’s inner surfaces in hydrogen embrittled iron samples with neutron tomography. We could detect directly gaseous hydrogen in the crack cavities and we measured the gas pressure. This new quality of the information on a micrometer scale allows new insights for the analysis of hydrogen-induced damage mechanisms. Further, this method is non-destructive and provides local information in situ and in three dimensions with a spatial resolution of 20-30 µm. In this contribution, we show examples that demonstrate the spatial and temporal resolution of the neutron radiography and tomography methods in order to visualize and quantify hydrogen accumulations at cracks. The measurements were performed at the research reactor BER II of the HZB in Berlin and at the FRM II reactor of the neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz in Garching. T2 - Third International Conference on Metals & Hydrogen CY - Ghent, Belgium DA - 29.05.2018 KW - Hydrogen KW - Steel KW - Neutron imaging PY - 2018 SN - 978-9-08179-422-0 SP - J01 AN - OPUS4-45359 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Griesche, Axel A1 - Pfretzschner, Beate A1 - Schaupp, Thomas A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas A1 - Kardjilov, N. ED - Somerday, B. P. ED - Sofronis, P. T1 - Measurement of hydrogen distributions in metals by neutron radiography and tomography T2 - Material Perfomance in Hydrogen Environments - Proceedings of the 2016 International Hydrogen Conference N2 - Neutron imaging has become a valuable tool for measuring hydrogen distributions qualitatively and quantitatively in metals. Hydrogen mass flow can be measured inside cm thick Steel samples with 10 s temporal resolution. Hydrogen accumulations around craclcs in embrittled iron samples can be visualized three-dimensionally. The gas pressure of hydrogen in crack cavities has been measured to be in the ränge of 5 MPa to 15 MPa. This quality of information allows new insights for the analysis of damage mechanisms on a micrometer scale, e.g., of hydrogen blistering. Further, this method is nondestructive and provides local information in situ and in three dimensions with a spatial resolution of 20 µm - 30 µm. T2 - International Hydrogen Conference 2016 CY - Jackson Lake Lodge, Wyoming, USA DA - 11.09.2017 KW - Hydrogen KW - Neutron imaging KW - Neutron radiography KW - Neutron tomography PY - 2017 SN - 978-0-7918-6138-7 DO - https://doi.org/10.1115/1.861387_ch46 SP - 416 EP - 422 AN - OPUS4-42505 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dabah, Eitan A1 - Pfretzschner, Beate A1 - Schaupp, Thomas A1 - Kardjilov, N. A1 - Manke, I. A1 - Boin, M. A1 - Woracek, R. A1 - Griesche, Axel T1 - Time-resolved Bragg-edge neutron radiography for observing martensitic phase transformation from austenitized super martensitic steel JF - Journal of Materials Science N2 - Neutron Bragg-edge imaging was applied for the visualization of a γ-Austenite to α'-martensite phase transformation. In the present study, a super martensitic stainless steel sample was heated until complete austenitization and was subsequently cooled down to room temperature. The martensitic phase Transformation started at Ms = 190 °C. Using a monochromatic neutron beam with λ = 0.390 nm, the transmitted intensity was significantly reduced during cooling below Ms, since the emerging martensitic phase has a higher attenuation coefficient than the austenitic phase at this wavelength. The phase Transformation process was visualized by filming the transmission images from a scintillator screen with a CCD camera with a temporal resolution of 30 s and a spatial resolution of 100 µm. KW - Neutron imaging KW - Bragg-edge imaging KW - Phase transformation PY - 2017 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-016-0642-9 SN - 0022-2461 SN - 1573-4803 VL - 52 IS - 6 SP - 3490 EP - 3496 AN - OPUS4-38574 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -