TY - JOUR A1 - Epishin, A. A1 - Fedelich, Bernard A1 - Finn, Monika A1 - Künecke, Georgia A1 - Rehmer, Birgit A1 - Nolze, Gert A1 - Leistner, C. A1 - Petrushin, N. A1 - Svetlov, I. T1 - Investigation of Elastic Properties of the Single-Crystal Nickel-Base Superalloy CMSX-4 in the Temperature Interval between Room Temperature and 1300 °C N2 - The elastic properties of the single-crystal nickel-base superalloy CMSX-4 used as a blade material in gas turbines were investigated by the sonic resonance method in the temperature interval between room temperature and 1300 °C. Elastic constants at such high temperatures are needed to model the mechanical behavior of blade material during manufacturing (hot isostatic pressing) as well as during technical accidents which may happen in service (overheating). High reliability of the results was achieved using specimens of different crystallographic orientations, exciting various vibration modes as well as precise measurement of the material density and thermal Expansion required for modeling the resonance frequencies by finite element method. Combining the results measured in this work and literature data the elastic constants of the gamma and gamma' phases were predicted. This prediction was supported by measurement of the temperature dependence of the gamma'fraction. All data obtained in this work are given in numerical or analytical forms and can be easily used for different scientific and engineering calculations. KW - Nickel-base superalloys KW - Single-crystals KW - Characterization KW - Elastic constants PY - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-520972 VL - 11 IS - 2 SP - 152 PB - MDPI AN - OPUS4-52097 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Epishin, A. A1 - Fedelich, Bernard A1 - Nolze, Gert A1 - Schriever, Sina A1 - Feldmann, Titus A1 - Farzik Ijaz, M. A1 - Viguier, B. A1 - Poquillon, D. A1 - Le Bouar, Y. A1 - Ruffini, A. A1 - Finel, A. T1 - Creep of single crystals of nickel-based superalloys at ultra-high homologous temperature N2 - The creep behavior of single crystals of the nickel-based superalloy CMSX-4 was investigated at 1288 °C, which is the temperature of the hot isostatic pressing treatment applied to this superalloy in the industry. It was found that at this super-solvus temperature, where no gammaPrime-strengthening occurs, the superalloy is very soft and rapidly deforms under stresses between 4 and 16 MPa. The creep resistance was found to be very anisotropic, e.g., the creep rate of [001] crystals was about 11 times higher than that of a [111] crystal. The specimens of different orientations also showed a very different necking behavior. The reduction of the cross-sectional area psi of [001] crystals reached nearly 100 pct, while for a [111] crystal psi = 62 pct. The EBSD analysis of deformed specimens showed that despite such a large local strain the [001] crystals did not recrystallize, while a less deformed [111] crystal totally recrystallized within the necking zone. The recrystallization degree was found to be correlated with deformation behavior as well as with dwell time at high temperature. From the analysis of the obtained results (creep anisotropy, stress dependence of the creep rate, traces of shear deformation, and TEM observations), it was concluded that the main strain contribution resulted from <01-1>{111} octahedral slip. T2 - 3rd European Conference on Superalloys (‘Eurosuperalloys 2018’) CY - Oxford, UK DA - 9.9.2018 KW - Single-crystal KW - Superalloy KW - Creep KW - Isostatic hot pressing (HIP) PY - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-018-4729-6 SN - 1073-5623 SN - 1543-1940 VL - 49A IS - 9 SP - 3973 EP - 3987 PB - Springer Sciences & Business Media CY - New York, NY AN - OPUS4-45660 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schneider, J. A1 - Farris, L. A1 - Nolze, Gert A1 - Reinsch, Stefan A1 - Cios, G. A1 - Tokarski, T. A1 - Thompson, S. T1 - Microstructure evolution in Inconel 718 produced by powder bed fusion additive manufacturing N2 - Inconel 718 is a precipitation strengthened, nickel-based super alloy of interest for the Additive Manufacturing (AM) of low volume, complex parts to reduce production time and cost compared to conventional subtractive processes. The AM process involves repeated rapid melting, solidification and reheating, which exposes the material to non-equilibrium conditions that affect elemental segregation and the subsequent formation of solidification phases, either beneficial or detrimental. These variations are difficult to characterize due to the small length scale within the micron sized melt pool. To understand how the non-equilibrium conditions affect the initial solidification phases and their critical temperatures, a multi-length scale, multi modal approach has been taken to evaluate various methods for identifying the initial phases formed in the as-built Inconel 718 produced by laser-powder bed fusion (L-PBF) additive manufacturing (AM). Using a range of characterization tools from the bulk differential thermal analysis (DTA) and x-ray diffraction (XRD) to spatially resolved images using a variety of electron microscopy tools, a better understanding is obtained of how these minor phases can be properly identified regarding the amount and size, morphology and distribution. Using the most promising characterization techniques for investigation of the as-built specimens, those techniques were used to evaluate the specimens after various heat treatments. During the sequence of heat treatments, the initial as-built dendritic structures recrystallized into well-defined grains whose size was dependent on the temperature. Although the resulting strength was similar in all heat treated specimens, the elongation increased as the grain size was refined due to differences in the precipitated phase distribution and morphology. KW - Metal additive manufacturing KW - Inconel 718 KW - Heat treatment KW - Grain boundary precipitates KW - Laves phase PY - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-542758 SN - 2504-4494 VL - 6 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 20 PB - MDPI CY - Basel AN - OPUS4-54275 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Svetlov, I. L. A1 - Epishin, A. I. A1 - Petrushin, N. V. A1 - Gerstein, G. A1 - Nolze, Gert A1 - Maier, H. J. T1 - Creep of Directionally Solidified Eutectics Ni/Ni3 Al–NbC under Thermal Cycling N2 - A nickel-based eutectic alloy with a γ/γ'-NbC structure was directionally solidified with a planar front. The specimens were tested for creep under sawtooth thermal cycling in the temperature range from 600 to 1100°C. It has been established that the lifetime under the conditions of thermal cycling is about five times shorter than it is predicted by the linear damage accumulation rule on the basis of results of isothermal creep tests. Faster creep under thermal cycling is caused by the rapid coarsening of the γ/γ' microstructure due to the periodic partial dissolution and reprecipitation of the γ' phase in heating and cooling half-cycles. KW - High temperature nickel-based eutectic alloys KW - γ/γ' matrix KW - Carbide phase NbC KW - In-situ composites KW - Creep under thermal cycling PY - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1134/S2075113322040347 SN - 2075-1133 VL - 13 IS - 4 SP - 1099 EP - 1108 PB - Springer Science + Business Media CY - Dordrecht AN - OPUS4-55163 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Epishin, A.I. A1 - Nolze, Gert A1 - Alymov, M.I. T1 - Pore Morphology in Single Crystals of a Nickel-Based Superalloy After Hot Isostatic Pressing N2 - The morphology of pores partially shrunk during a half-hour HIP at temperature of 1288 °C and pressure of 103 MPa has been investigated in nickel-based superalloy CMSX-4. The investigation resulted in the following findings: surrounding the shrinking pores by a c¢-shell (Ni3Al), faceting of the pores surface by {023} and {011} planes, and formation the submicroscopic satellite pores connected by channels with the neighboring larger pores. It is assumed that the formation of the c¢-shell around the pores and the faceting of the pore surface is due to diffusion processes occurring during pore shrinkage, and therefore these findings can be considered as arguments supporting the vacancy model of pore annihilation. The submicroscopic satellite pores are expected to be the result of dividing the casting pores of a complex initial shape during their shrinking. The connecting channels are probably required for the gas to escape from the rapidly shrinking small satellite pores into the slowly shrinking large pore. Thus, it is reasonable to assume that the casting pores may contain some amount of gas. KW - HIP KW - Superalloy KW - Porosity KW - Faceting KW - negative crystal growth PY - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-022-06893-x SN - 1073-5623 SP - 1 EP - 9 PB - Springer Nature AN - OPUS4-56409 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Treninkov, I. A. A1 - Petrushin, N. V. A1 - Epishin, A. I. A1 - Svetlov, I. L. A1 - Nolze, Gert A1 - Elyutin, E. S. T1 - Experimental Determination of Temperature Dependence of Structural–Phase Parameters of Nickel-Based Superalloy N2 - The temperature dependences of the periods of the crystal lattices of the γ and γ' phases, their dimensional mismatch (misfit), and volume fraction of the γ' phase of an experimental single-crystal hightemperature nickel-based alloy have been determined by X-ray diffraction analysis in the temperature range of 18–1150°C. The temperature ranges in which intense changes in the structural and phase characteristics of the alloy under study take place have been determined. KW - X-ray diffraction analysis KW - High temperatures KW - Nickel-based superalloys KW - Single crystal KW - Crystal lattice period PY - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1134/s2075113322010373 SN - 2075-1133 VL - 13 IS - 1 SP - 171 EP - 178 PB - Springer Science + Business Media CY - Dordrecht AN - OPUS4-54466 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Malakhov, A. A1 - Epishin, A. A1 - Denisov, I. A1 - Saikov, I. A1 - Nolze, Gert T1 - Morphology and Structure of Brass–Invar Weld Interface after Explosive Welding N2 - This paper presents the results of a study of the morphology and structure at the weld interface in a brass–Invar bimetal, which belongs to the class of so-called thermostatic bimetals, or thermobimetals. The structure of the brass–Invar weld interface was analyzed using optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), with the use of energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectrometry and back-scattered electron diffraction (BSE) to identify the phases. The distribution of the crystallographic orientation of the grains at the weld interface was obtained using an e-Flash HR electron back-scatter diffraction (EBSD) detector and a forward-scatter detector (FSD). The results of the study indicated that the weld interface had the wavy structure typical of explosive welding. The wave crests and troughs showed the presence of melted zones consisting of a disordered Cu–Zn–Fe–Ni solid solution and undissolved Invar particles. The pattern quality map showed that the structure of brass and Invar after explosive welding consisted of grains that were strongly elongated towards the area of the highest intensive plastic flow. In addition, numerous deformation twins, dislocation accumulations and shear bands were observed. Thus, based on the results of this study, the mechanism of Cu–Zn–Fe–Ni structure formation can be proposed. KW - Explosive welding KW - Thermobimetal KW - Grain structure KW - Brass KW - Invar PY - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-565964 SN - 1996-1944 VL - 15 IS - 23 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - MDPI AN - OPUS4-56596 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Epishin, A. I. A1 - Petrushin, N. V. A1 - Svetlov, I. L. A1 - Nolze, Gert T1 - Model for Forecasting Temperature Dependence of γ/γ' Misfit in Heat-Resistant Nickel Alloys N2 - An analytical model for forecasting the temperature dependence of γ/γ' misfit in heat-resistant nickel alloys is proposed. The model accounts for the concentration dependences of the periods of crystalline lattices of the γ and γ' phases (Vegard law), thermal expansion of the γ and γ' lattices, and dissolution of the γ' phase at high temperatures. Adequacy of calculations of misfit is confirmed by comparison with the results of measurements using methods of X-ray and neutron diffraction. The model is applied for development of a nickel alloy with positive misfit. KW - Heat-resistant nickel alloys KW - Dimensional mismatch of crystalline lattice periods (misfit) KW - Microstructure evolution PY - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1134/S2075113322010105 SN - 2075-1133 VL - 13 IS - 1 SP - 7 EP - 16 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-54379 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Winkelmann, A. A1 - Nolze, Gert A1 - Cios, G. A1 - Tokarski, T. A1 - Bala, P. A1 - Hourahine, B. A1 - Trager-Cowan, C. T1 - Kikuchi pattern simulations of backscattered and transmitted electrons N2 - We discuss a refined simulation approach which treats Kikuchi diffraction patterns in electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and transmission Kikuchi diffraction (TKD). The model considers the result of two combined mechanisms: (a) the dynamical diffraction of electrons emitted coherently from point sources in a crystal and (b) diffraction effects on incoherent diffuse intensity distributions. Using suitable parameter settings, the refined simulation model allows to reproduce various thickness- and energy-dependent features which are observed in experimental Kikuchi diffraction patterns. Excess-deficiency features are treated by the effect of gradients in the incoherent background intensity. Based on the analytical two-beam approximation to dynamical electron diffraction, a phenomenological model of excess-deficiency features is derived, which can be used for pattern matching applications. The model allows to approximate the effect of the incident beam geometry as a correction signal for template patterns which can be reprojected from pre-calculated reference data. As an application, we find that the accuracy of fitted projection centre coordinates in EBSD and TKDcan be affected by changes in the order of 10−3–10-2 if excess-deficiency features are not considered in the theoreticalmodel underlying a best-fit pattern matching approach. Correspondingly, the absolute accuracy of simulation-based EBSD strain determination can suffer frombiases of a similar order of magnitude if excess-deficiency effects are neglected in the simulation model. KW - Electron diffraction KW - EBSD KW - Kikuchi diffraction KW - Pattern matching PY - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/jmi.13051 VL - 284 IS - 2 SP - 157 EP - 184 PB - Wiley Online Library AN - OPUS4-53109 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Treninkov, И. A A1 - Petrushin, N. V. A1 - Epishin, А. I. A1 - Svetlov, I. L. A1 - Nolze, Gert A1 - Elyutin, E. S. T1 - ЭКСПЕРИМЕНТАЛЬНОЕ ОПРЕДЕЛЕНИЕ ТЕМПЕРАТУРНОЙ ЗАВИСИМОСТИ СТРУКТУРНО-ФАЗОВЫХ ПАРАМЕТРОВ НИКЕЛЕВОГО ЖАРОПРОЧНОГО СПЛАВА T1 - Experimental determination of temperature dependence of structural-phase parameters of nickel-based superalloy N2 - Методом рентгеноструктурного анализа в интервале температур 18—1150 °С определены температурные зависимости периодов кристаллических решеток γ- и γ'-фаз, их размерно-го несоответствия (мисфит) и объемной доли γ'-фазы экспериментального монокристал-лического жаропрочного никелевого сплава. Определены диапазоны температур, в которых происходят интенсивные изменения структурно-фазовых характеристик исследованного сплава. KW - рентгеноструктурный анализ KW - высокие температуры KW - жаропрочные нике- левые сплавы KW - монокристалл KW - γ- и γ'-фазы, период кристаллической решетки PY - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.31044/1684-579x-2021-0-7-3-12 IS - 7 SP - 3 EP - 12 AN - OPUS4-53110 LA - rus AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Tokarski, T. A1 - Nolze, Gert A1 - Winkelmann, A. A1 - Rychlowski, L. A1 - Bala, P. A1 - Cios, G. T1 - Transmission Kikuchi diffraction: The impact of the signal-to-noise ratio N2 - Signal optimization for transmission Kikuchi diffraction (TKD) measurements in the scanning electron microscope is investigated by a comparison of different sample holder designs. An optimized design is presented, which uses a metal shield to efficiently trap the electron beam after transmission through the sample. For comparison, a second holder configuration allows a significant number of the transmitted electrons to scatter back from the surface of the sample holder onto the diffraction camera screen. It is shown that the secondary interaction with the sample holder leads to a significant increase in the background level, as well as to additional noise in the final Kikuchi diffraction signal. The clean TKD signal of the optimized holder design with reduced background scattering makes it possible to use small signal changes in the range of 2% of the camera full dynamic range. As is shown by an analysis of the power spectrum, the signal-to-noise ratio in the processed Kikuchi diffraction patterns is improved by an order of magnitude. As a result, the optimized design allows an increase in pattern signal to noise ratio which may lead to increase in measurement speed and indexing reliability. KW - EBSD KW - SEM KW - Transmission Kikuchi diffraction KW - Sample holder PY - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-531743 SN - 0304-3991 SN - 1879-2723 VL - 230 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-53174 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Epishin, A. A1 - Camin, B. A1 - Hansen, L. A1 - Chyrkin, A. A1 - Nolze, Gert T1 - Synchrotron Sub-μ X-ray Tomography of Kirkendall Porosity in a Diffusion Couple of Nickel-Base Superalloy and Nickel after Annealing at 1250 °C N2 - Kirkendall porosity that forms during interdiffusion in a diffusion couple of nickel-base superalloy CMSX-10 with pure nickel is investigated. The diffusion experiments are conducted at a temperature of 1250 °C, where the strengthening ƴ'-phase ist partially dissolved. The porosity is studied by X-ray sub-μ tomography with a spatial resolution of about 0.35³ μm³ at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France. It is found that depending on the distance from the interface the Kirkendall pores take different shapes: octahedral, rounded pyramidal, drop shaped, dendritic, pear shaped, and joint shapes. Such a variety of pore morphologies indicates a complex multistage process of porosity nucleation and growth under vacancy supersaturation of different degrees. The experimental findings are interpreted on the basis of the results of diffusion modeling. It is shown that the kinetics of porosity growth is essentially influenced by the dissolution of the ƴ'-phase. KW - Diffusion KW - Nickel alloys KW - Porous materials KW - Synchrotron radiations KW - Three-dimensional tomographies PY - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-521476 VL - 23 IS - 4 SP - 1220 PB - Wiley Online Library AN - OPUS4-52147 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Epishin, A. A1 - Petrushin, N. A1 - Gerstein, G. A1 - Maier, J. A1 - Nolze, Gert T1 - Investigation of the gamma'-strengthened quaternary co-based alloys Co-Al-W-Ta N2 - The alloying system Co-Al-W-Ta is comprehensively investigated in the vicinity of the compositional point Co-9Al-10W-2Ta, at. pct. These investigations provided a large amount of quantitative information, which can be used for alloy development, namely, the compositional dependences of the The alloying system Co-Al-W-Ta is comprehensively investigated in the vicinity of the compositional point Co-9Al-10W-2Ta, at. pct. These investigations provided a large amount of quantitative information, which can be used for alloy development, namely, the compositional dependences of the γ‘-solvus, solidus, and liquidus temperatures; fraction of the extrinsic phases after casting; the compositional dependence of the γ/γ‘-lattice misfit; the element partitioning between γ- and γ‘-phases; and the two Phase compositional area γ/γ‘ in the Co-rich part of the Co-Al-W-Ta phase diagram at 900°C. It is shown that additions of Ta elevate the γ‘-solvus temperature and increase the γ/γ‘-lattice misfit, but adding more than about 3 at. pct Ta results in a large amount of undissolvable extrinsic phases. Additionally, two Co-Al-W-Ta alloys with lower content of W were developed and solidified as [001] single crystals for mechanical testing in a temperature range between 20 and 1200°C. These tests included measurement of the Young modulus, tensile tests with constant strain rate, and stress rupture tests. It was found that at temperatures up to about 750°C the ultimate tensile strength of Co-Al-Ta-W alloys can be at the same level or even higher than of Ni-based superalloys. KW - Cobald based alloy KW - Microstructur KW - Segregation PY - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-018-4756-3 SN - 1543-1940 SN - 1073-5623 VL - 49A IS - 9 SP - 4042 EP - 4057 PB - Springer Sciences & Business Media CY - New York, NY AN - OPUS4-45395 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Böllinghaus, Thomas A1 - Lüders, V. A1 - Nolze, Gert T1 - Microstructural insights into natural silver wires N2 - Due to the increasing global demand for pure silver, native wire silver aggregates in very high purities are gaining more industrial attention. Up to the present, no substantial metallurgical Investigation of natural wire silver exists in the accessible literature. To convey urgently needed cross-disciplinary fundamental knowledge for geoscientists and metallurgical engineers, twenty natural wire silver specimens from eight different ore deposits have been investigated in detail for the first time by EBSD (Electron Back Scattering Diffraction), supported by light microscopy and micro-probe analyses. The improved understanding of the natural silver wire microstructure provides additional Information regarding the growth of natural silver aggregates in comparison to undesired artificial growth on electronic devices. Clear evidence is provided that natural silver curls and hairs exhibit a polycrystalline face-centered cubic microstructure associated with significant twinning. Although the investigated natural wire silver samples have relatively high purity (Ag > 99.7 wt.-%), they contain a variety of trace elements such as, S, Cu, Mn, Ni, Zn, Co and Bi, As and Sb. Additionally, Vickers micro-hardness measurements are provided for the first time which revealed that natural silver wires and curls are softer than it might be expected from conversion of the general Mohs hardness of 2.7. KW - Natural silver wires PY - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-451655 UR - http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-27159-w SN - 2045-2322 VL - 8 IS - 1 SP - Article 9053, 1 EP - 9 PB - nature publishing group CY - London, United Kingdom AN - OPUS4-45165 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Epishin, A. A1 - Chyrkin, A. A1 - Nolze, Gert A1 - Midtlyng, Jan A1 - Mayer, H. M. A1 - Petrushin, N. A1 - Reimers, W. T1 - Interdiffusion in the Face-Centered Cubic Phase of the Co-Al-W-Ta System Between 1090 and 1240 °C N2 - Interdiffusion of Al, W, Ta and Co in a Co-base alloy at temperatures between 1090 and 1240 °C has been investigated. The interdiffusion coefficients were found to be close to those reported for these elements in Ni-base alloys. Combining the diffusion simulation software DICTRA with the Ni-base diffusion databases TCNi5 and MobNi3, the interdiffusion profiles of Co, Al W, and Ta were modeled for Co9Al8W2Ta/Co diffusion couples annealed at different temperatures and for different times. The results show that interdiffusion in the Co-Al-W-Ta alloys can be modeled reasonably well using the available commercial databases for thermodynamics and kinetics of Ni-base systems. KW - Alloys KW - Interdiffusion KW - Modeling PY - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11669-018-0620-9 VL - 39 IS - 2 SP - 176 EP - 185 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-44463 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zocca, Andrea A1 - Lüchtenborg, Jörg A1 - Mühler, T. A1 - Wilbig, Janka A1 - Mohr, Gunther A1 - Villatte, T. A1 - Léonard, Fabien A1 - Nolze, Gert A1 - Sparenberg, M. A1 - Melcher, J. A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai A1 - Günster, Jens T1 - Enabling the 3D Printing of Metal Components in μ-Gravity N2 - As humanity contemplates manned missions to Mars, strategies need to be developed for the design and operation of hospitable environments to safely work in space for years. The supply of spare parts for repair and replacement of lost equipment will be one key need, but in-space manufacturing remains the only option for a timely supply. With high flexibility in design and the ability to manufacture ready-to-use components directly from a computeraided model, additive manufacturing (AM) technologies appear extremely attractive. For the manufacturing of metal parts, laser-beam melting is the most widely used AM process. However, the handling of metal powders in the absence of gravity is one prerequisite for its successful application in space. A gas flow throughout the powder bed is successfully applied to compensate for missing gravitational forces in microgravity experiments. This so-called gas-flow-assisted powder deposition is based on a porous Building platform acting as a filter for the fixation of metal particles in a gas flow driven by a pressure difference maintained by a vacuum pump. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - µ-gravity KW - Laser beam melting KW - Parabolic flight KW - 3D printing PY - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-492190 SP - 1900506 PB - WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH AN - OPUS4-49219 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nolze, Gert A1 - Tokarski, T. A1 - Rychlowski, L. T1 - Use of electron backscatter diffraction patterns to determine the crystal lattice. Part 3. Pseudosymmetry N2 - A pseudosymmetric description of the crystal lattice derived from a single wideangle Kikuchi pattern can have several causes. The small size (<15%) of the sector covered by an electron backscatter diffraction pattern, the limited precision of the projection centre position and the Kikuchi band definition are crucial. Inherent pseudosymmetries of the crystal lattice and/or structure also pose a challenge in the analysis of Kikuchi patterns. To eliminate experimental errors as much as possible, simulated Kikuchi patterns of 350 phases have been analysed using the software CALM [Nolze et al. (2021). J. Appl. Cryst. 54, 1012–1022] in order to estimate the frequency of and reasons for pseudosymmetric crystal lattice descriptions. Misinterpretations occur in particular when the atomic scattering factors of non-equivalent positions are too similar and reciprocal-lattice points are systematically missing. As an example, a pseudosymmetry prediction depending on the elements involved is discussed for binary AB compounds with B1 and B2 structure types. However, since this is impossible for more complicated phases, this approach cannot be directly applied to compounds of arbitrary composition and structure. KW - Bravais lattices KW - Pseudosymmetry KW - Lattice point density KW - Ordered/disordered structures KW - Lattice distortion PY - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-573169 SN - 0021-8898 VL - 56 IS - Pt. 2 SP - 367 EP - 380 AN - OPUS4-57316 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Cios, G. A1 - Winkelmann, A. A1 - Nolze, Gert A1 - Tokarski, T. A1 - Rychlowski, L. A1 - Dan, L. A1 - Bala, P. T1 - Mapping of lattice distortion in martensitic steel—Comparison of different evaluation methods of EBSD patterns N2 - To visualize the varying tetragonal distortions in high carbon martensitic steels by EBSD, two different approaches have been applied on backscattered Kikuchi diffraction (BKD) patterns. A band-edge refinement technique called Refined Accuracy (RA) (Oxford Instruments) is compared with a technique called Pattern Matching (PM), which optimizes the fit to a simulated BKD signal. RA distinguishes between hypothetical phases of different fixed 𝑐∕𝑎, while PM determines a best fitting continuous 𝑐∕𝑎 by projective transformation of a master pattern. Both techniques require stored BKD patterns. The sensitivity of the 𝑐∕𝑎-determination was tested by investigating the microstructure of a ferritic steel with an expected 𝑐∕𝑎 = 1. The influence of the Kikuchi pattern noise on 𝑐∕𝑎 was compared for a single or 40 averaged frames per measuring point, and turned out to be not significant. The application of RA and PM on the martensitic microstructure delivered qualitatively similar maps of 𝑐∕𝑎. The comparison of RA and PM shows that RA is suitably fast and precise during mapping the martensite 𝑐∕𝑎 ratio in analyses of high carbon martensite, especially for fast initial surveys. As RA leads quantitatively to higher noise in 𝑐∕𝑎, the PM analysis can be used for higher precision results. KW - EBSD KW - Steel KW - Martensite KW - Tetragonality KW - Strain PY - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2023.113824 VL - 253 SP - 1 EP - 11 AN - OPUS4-58158 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nolze, Gert A1 - Tokarski, T. A1 - Rychlowski, L. T1 - Use of electron backscatter diffraction patterns to determine the crystal lattice. Part 1. Where is the Bragg angle? N2 - The derivation of a crystal structure and its phase-specific parameters from a single wide-angle backscattered Kikuchi diffraction pattern requires reliable extraction of the Bragg angles. By means of the first derivative of the lattice profile, an attempt is made to determine fully automatically and reproducibly the band widths in simulated Kikuchi patterns. Even under such ideal conditions (projection centre, wavelength and lattice plane traces are perfectly known), this leads to a lattice parameter distribution whose mean shows a linear offset that correlates with the mean atomic number Z of the pattern-forming phase. The consideration of as many Kikuchi bands as possible reduces the errors that typically occur if only a single band is analysed. On the other hand, the width of the resulting distribution is such that higher image resolution of diffraction patterns, employing longer wavelengths to produce wider bands or the use of higher interference orders is less advantageous than commonly assumed. KW - Bragg angles KW - Kikuchi bands KW - Kikuchi patterns KW - First derivative KW - Lattice parameters PY - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-573141 SN - 0021-8898 VL - 56 IS - Pt. 2 SP - 349 EP - 360 AN - OPUS4-57314 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nolze, Gert A1 - Tokarski, T. A1 - Rychlowski, L. T1 - Use of electron backscatter diffraction patterns to determine the crystal lattice. Part 2. Offset corrections N2 - A band width determination using the first derivative of the band profile systematically underestimates the true Bragg angle. Corrections are proposed to compensate for the resulting offset Δa/a of the mean lattice parameters derived from as many Kikuchi band widths as possible. For dynamically simulated Kikuchi patterns, Δa/a can reach up to 8% for phases with a high mean atomic number Z, whereas for much more common low-Z materials the offset decreases linearly. A predicted offset Δa/a = f(Z) is therefore proposed, which also includes the unit-cell volume and thus takes into account the packing density of the scatterers in the material. Since Z is not always available for unknown phases, its substitution by Zmax, i.e. the atomic number of the heaviest element in the compound, is still acceptable for an approximate correction. For simulated Kikuchi patterns the offset-corrected lattice parameter deviation is Δa/a < 1.5%. The lattice parameter ratios, and the angles α, β and γ between the basis vectors, are not affected at all.1.5%. The lattice parameter ratios, and the angles � , � and � between the basis vectors, are not affected at all. KW - Mean atomic number KW - Kikuchi patterns KW - Lattice parameters KW - Automated Bragg angle determination KW - Lattice parameter determination PY - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-573153 SN - 0021-8898 VL - 56 IS - Pt. 2 SP - 361 EP - 366 AN - OPUS4-57315 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -