TY - CONF A1 - Griesche, Axel A1 - Schaupp, Thomas A1 - Pfretzschner, Beate A1 - Kardjilov, N. A1 - Schulz, M. T1 - Hydrogen in steel visualized by neutron imaging 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 - 3rd international conference on metals & hydrogen CY - Ghent, Belgium DA - 29.05.2018 KW - Hydrogen KW - Neutron KW - Radiography KW - Tomography KW - Steel PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-45074 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Griesche, Axel A1 - Mente, Tobias A1 - Markötter, Henning A1 - Al-Falahat, M. A1 - Kardjilov, N. T1 - Neutron Bragg edge imaging for in situ mapping of crystallographic phase-transformations and of temperature distributions during GTAW of supermartensitic stainless steel N2 - In Neutron-Bragg-Edge Imaging (NBEI) experiments, we studied the phase transition during butt-welding of supermartensitic steel plates. Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) was used with a motorized torch allowing for automated weldments. The austenitization in the heat affected zone (HAZ) underneath the welding head could be clearly visualized at λ = 0.39 nm, a wavelength smaller than the Bragg edge wavelengths of both austenite and martensite. Also, the re-transformation into the martensitic phase upon cooling was detected. However, we observed an unexpected additional change in transmission at λ = 0.44 nm that is a wavelength larger than the wavelength of the Bragg edges of both the martensitic and austenitic phases. We attribute this change to the Deybe-Waller-Factor that describes the temperature dependence of coherent scattering at a crystal lattice. The observed two-dimensional attenuation map corresponds well with a temperature distribution modelling by software macros in ANSYS. Here, the absolute temperature values could be achieved by calibrating the modelled attenuation with help of a thermocouple placed at the steel plate. This allows in return for a direct two-dimensional temperature reading based on the Debye-Waller-relation between neutron attenuation and sample temperature. T2 - ITMNR-9 CY - Buenos Aires, Argentina DA - 12.10.2022 KW - Debye-Waller-Faktor PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-58627 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Griesche, Axel A1 - Altenkirch, J. A1 - Gibmeier, J. A1 - Beyer, Katrin A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas T1 - Welding problems - Investigations with neutrons of residual stress and of hydrogen diffusion in steels N2 - We report about investigations of typical material problems in steels. First, residual stresses in and around weld seams with low martensite transition temperature filler material were analyzed w/ and w/o additional transverse tensile load. The investigation was accompanied by x-ray diffraction measurements to track stress-induced phase transitions. Martensite formation during welding under external load yield strain gradients near the surface that improve the integrity of the weld. Further, the residual stress distribution close to laser-treated steel surfaces was analyzed. The method could be improved to reduce analysis artifacts. Finally, hydrogen diffusion in different steels was measured using neutron radiography and subsequent image analysis. Diffusion coefficients were derived by analyzing the time-dependent mass flux. In an outlook we describe the optimal ESS instrumentation from a metallurgist’s point of view. T2 - ESS Workshop "Science Vision for the European Spallation Source - German Perspectives" CY - Bad Reichenhall, Germany DA - 2011-10-10 PY - 2011 UR - http://www.fz-juelich.de/cae/servlet/contentblob/1058986/publicationFile/24649/Griesche_pdf.pdf UR - http://www.fz-juelich.de/sid_BD693DF17F42B3018726EE5C2558C56C/jcns/EN/Leistungen/ConferencesAndWorkshops/ESS/_node.html AN - OPUS4-24464 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Griesche, Axel A1 - Horbach, Jürgen A1 - Meyer, Andreas T1 - Thermodynamics and Correlation Effects on Diffusion in Al-Ni Melts T2 - NIST Diffusion Workshop Series: Multicomponen Diffusion Data and Its Impact on the Materials Design Process: Data Needed; Daa Acquisition; and Data Application CY - Gaithersburg, MD, USA DA - 2012-05-03 PY - 2012 AN - OPUS4-25895 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Griesche, Axel T1 - World Materials Research Institute Forum - An Introduction T2 - NIST Diffusion Workshop Series: Multicomponen Diffusion Data and Its Impact on the Materials Design Process: Data Needed; Data Acquisition; and Data Application CY - Gaithersburg, MD, USA DA - 2012-05-03 PY - 2012 AN - OPUS4-25896 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Griesche, Axel A1 - Dabah, Eitan A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas A1 - Hilger, A. A1 - Kardjilov, N. A1 - Manke, I. T1 - Imaging of Hydrogen in Steels using Neutrons T2 - Euromat 2013 CY - Seville, Spain DA - 2013-09-09 PY - 2013 AN - OPUS4-29216 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Griesche, Axel A1 - Dabah, Eitan A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas A1 - Hilger, A. A1 - Kardjilov, N. A1 - Manke, I. T1 - NEUTRON IMAGING OF HYDROGEN IN STEELS T2 - MS&T 2013 Symposium: Applied Neutron Scattering in Engineering and Materials Science Research CY - Montreal, Canada DA - 2013-10-28 PY - 2013 AN - OPUS4-29503 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Griesche, Axel A1 - Beyer, Katrin A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas A1 - Schillinger, B. T1 - In-situ observation of hydrogen diffusion in iron using neutron radiography N2 - Hydrogen assisted cracking of metals limits the durability of welds and constructions. Still the failure mechanisms are not fully understood, for instance the role of hydrogen mass transport during crack initiation. Measuring the hydrogen concentration as a function of time (and space) would allow to determine diffusion coefficients helping to enlighten this lack of understanding. Therefore, neutron radiography is a valuable tool for measuring in situ hydrogen transport in iron and steels [1]. The influence of grain boundaries on the hydrogen diffusion behaviour can be determined by comparing the diffusion behaviour of samples with e.g. different microstructure. In a first study we investigated in situ the simplest case, the hydrogen effusion out of pure iron (ARMCO) using neutron radiography at ANTARES [2]. Samples were charged electrochemically ex situ with a well defined amount of hydrogen, stored in liquid nitrogen and were then heat treated during a neutron radiography measurement whilst the change of neutron transmission was recorded. For analysis the gray values in the pictures were transformed into concentrations with help of an ex post calibration. Therefore, the experimental temperaturetime profile of the heat treatment has been repeated with identical samples in the home lab and the amount of effusing hydrogen was measured by carrier gas hot extraction. In a first approximation the concentration of hydrogen in the sample can be calculated by subtracting the hydrogen concentration in the atmosphere from the initial one in the sample. We were able to measure hydrogen concentrations as low as 65 wt.ppm. Simultaneously monitoring of hydrogenous sample and hydrogen-free reference allowed for in situ measurement of hydrogen effusion. Sample heating was done by infrared radiation. Diffusion coefficients for hydrogen effusion from iron have been calculated. They coincide fairly with literature data. T2 - 3rd FRM II User Meeting CY - Garching, Germany DA - 2010-10-15 PY - 2010 AN - OPUS4-22835 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Griesche, Axel A1 - Lexow, Jürgen T1 - Research on materials simulation and the promotion of global databases - activities within the world materials research institute forum (WMRIF) T2 - MS&T 2013 Symposium: Material Data and Software Tools Needed to Make MGI and ICME a Reality CY - Montreal, Canada DA - 2013-10-28 PY - 2013 AN - OPUS4-29459 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Griesche, Axel A1 - Mente, Tobias A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas A1 - Kardjilov, Nikolay T1 - The debye waller factor for temperature distribution determination in NBEI experiments: a case study for GTAW N2 - We could show in GTAW experiments with steel samples that the attenuation of neutron transmission underneath the welding torch due to the Debye-Waller-effect correlates well with sample temperatures obtained by FE numerical simulations. This would allow principally to determine sample temperatures by measuring the neutron beam attenuation. T2 - ITMNR-9 CY - Buenos Aires, Argentina DA - 17.10.2022 KW - Debye waller factor KW - GTAW KW - Temperature distribution determination PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-56150 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -