TY - CONF A1 - Rockenhäuser, Christian A1 - Augenstein, E. A1 - Skrotzki, Birgit T1 - Long term ageing of alloy 2618A T2 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Aluminium Alloys 16 N2 - The result of an Investigation of the "Long term ageing of alloy 2618A" are discussed. T2 - International Conference on Aluminium Alloys 16 CY - Montreal, Canada DA - 17.06.2018 KW - Alloy 2818A KW - Aluminium KW - Coarsening KW - Transmission electron microscopy KW - S-phase PY - 2018 SP - Paper 400101 AN - OPUS4-45287 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rockenhäuser, Christian A1 - Augenstein, E. A1 - Skrotzki, Birgit T1 - Long term ageing of alloy 2618A N2 - Results of the in vestigation of the "Long term ageing of alloy 2618A" were presented. T2 - ICAA 16 CY - Montreal, Canada DA - 17.06.2018 KW - Alloy 2618A KW - Aluminium KW - Coarsening KW - Transmission electron microscopy KW - S-phase PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-45288 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Skrotzki, Birgit A1 - Häusler, I. A1 - Schwarze, C. A1 - Umer Bilal, M. A1 - Hetaba, W. A1 - Darvishi Kamachali, Reza T1 - Age hardening of a high purity Al‐4Cu‐1Li‐0.25Mn alloy: Microstructural investigation and phase‐field simulation N2 - Research results considering the "Age Hardening of a High Purity Al‐4Cu‐1Li‐0.25Mn Alloy: Microstructural Investigation and Phase‐Field Simulation" were presented. T2 - ICAA16 CY - Montreal, Canada DA - 17.06.2018 KW - Age hardening KW - Aluminium KW - Phase-field simulation KW - Precipitates KW - Transmission electron microscopy PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-45286 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Darvishi Kamachali, Reza A1 - Rockenhäuser, Christian A1 - Saxena, A. A1 - Skrotzki, Birgit A1 - Umer Bilal, M. A1 - Ramirez, Daniela Valencia A1 - Schwarze, C. A1 - Häusler, I. T1 - Chemo-mechanical Coupling Effect During Precipitation in AlLi and AlLiCu systems N2 - The chemo-mechanical coupling effect during precipitation in AlLi and AlLiCu systems is presented and effects of chemo-mechanical coupling on materials with different microstructures is discussed. The results of the simulations are then compared to electron-microscopical investigations. T2 - Plenary meeting DFG Priority program 1713 ("Chemomechanics") CY - Bochum, Germany DA - 17.12.2018 KW - Al-Li alloys KW - Phase field simulation KW - Precipitation KW - Inverse ostwald ripening KW - Transmission electron microscopy PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-46961 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Eggeler, G. A1 - Wieczorek, N. A1 - Fox, F. A1 - Berglund, S. A1 - Bürger, D. A1 - Dlouhý, A. A1 - Wollgramm, P. A1 - Neuking, K. A1 - Schreuer, J. A1 - Agudo Jácome, Leonardo A1 - Gao, S. A1 - Hartmaier, A. A1 - Laplanche, G. T1 - On shear testing of single crystal Ni-base superalloys JF - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A N2 - Shear testing can contribute to a better understanding of the plastic deformation of Ni-base superalloy single crystals. In the present study, shear testing is discussed with special emphasis placed on its strengths and weaknesses. Key mechanical and microstructural results which were obtained for the high-temperature (T ≈ 1000 °C) and low-stress (τ ≈ 200 MPa) creep regime are briefly reviewed. New 3D stereo STEM images of dislocation substructures which form during shear creep deformation in this regime are presented. It is then shown which new aspects need to be considered when performing double shear creep testing at lower temperatures (T < 800 °C) and higher stresses (τ > 600 MPa). In this creep regime, the macroscopic crystallographic [11−2](111) shear system deforms significantly faster than the [01−1](111) system. This represents direct mechanical evidence for a new planar fault nucleation scenario, which was recently suggested (Wu et al. in Acta Mater 144:642–655, 2018). The double shear creep specimen geometry inspired a micro-mechanical in-situ shear test specimen. Moreover, the in-situ SEM shear specimen can be FIB micro-machined from prior dendritic and interdendritic regions. Dendritic regions, which have a lower γ′ volume fraction, show a lower critical resolved shear stress. T2 - EuroSuperalloys 2018 CY - Oxford, UK DA - 09.09.2018 KW - Superalloy single crystals KW - Shear testing KW - Creep mechanisms KW - In-situ SEM micro shear deformation KW - Transmission electron microscopy PY - 2018 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-456591 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-018-4726-9 SN - 1073-5623 SN - 1543-1940 VL - 49A IS - 9 SP - 3951 EP - 3962 PB - Springer US CY - New York AN - OPUS4-45659 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rockenhäuser, Christian A1 - von Hartrott, P. A1 - Metzger, M. A1 - Skrotzki, Birgit T1 - Digital material representation of precipitation coarsening in alloy 2618A for the lifetime assessment of radial compressor wheels T2 - Microscopy Conference 2019 (MC2019) - Proceedings N2 - The concept of digital material representation is introduced and the aluminium alloy 2618A is discussed as an example of this concept regarding the simulation of material ageing based on nanoscaled precipitates. T2 - Microscopy Conference 2019 (MC2019) CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 01.09.2019 KW - Alloy 2618A KW - Aluminium KW - Digital material representation KW - Transmission electron microscopy KW - Material degradation PY - 2019 SP - 183 EP - 184 AN - OPUS4-48885 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rockenhäuser, Christian A1 - von Hartrott, P. A1 - Metzger, M. A1 - Skrotzki, Birgit T1 - Digital material representation of alloy 2618A for the lifetime assessment of radial compressor wheels N2 - The concept of digital material representation is introduced and the aluminium alloy 2618A is discussed as an example of this concept regarding the simulation of material ageing based on nanoscaled precipitates. T2 - Microscopy Conference 2019 (MC2019) CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 01.09.2019 KW - Alloy 2618A KW - Degradation KW - Coarsening KW - Transmission electron microscopy KW - Digital material representation PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-48954 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - von Hartrott, P. A1 - Rockenhäuser, Christian A1 - Metzger, M. A1 - Skrotzki, Birgit T1 - Assessment of EN AW-2618A for high temperature applications considering aging effects N2 - The alloy EN AW-2618A was assessed regarding its properties for high temperature applications considering aging effects. T2 - BAM TMF-Workshop 2019 CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 13.11.2019 KW - Alloy 2618A KW - Degradation KW - Coarsening KW - Transmission electron microscopy KW - Dark-field transmission electron microscopy (DFTEM) PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49808 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rockenhäuser, Christian A1 - Ta, N. A1 - Skrotzki, Birgit A1 - Darvishi Kamachali, Reza T1 - Chemo-mechanical coupling effect during precipitation in AlLiCu systems N2 - The influence of the chemo-mechanical coupling effect during precipitation in an AlLiCu alloy is presented and discussed. T2 - Plenary meeting DFG Priority program 1713 ("Chemomechanics") CY - Bochum, Germany DA - 19.11.2019 KW - Aluminium KW - Phase-field simulation KW - Chemo-mechanical coupling KW - Transmission electron microscopy PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49807 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Manzoni, Anna Maria A1 - Haas, S. A1 - Kropf, H. A1 - Duarte, J. A1 - Cakir, Cafer Tufan A1 - Dubois, F. A1 - Többens, D. A1 - Glatzel, U. T1 - Temperature evolution of lattice misfit in Hf and Mo variations of the Al 10 Co 25 Cr 8 Fe 15 Ni 36 Ti 6 compositionally complex alloy JF - Scripta Materialia N2 - Misfits of γ- γ’ based Al10Co25Cr8Fe15Ni36Ti6 and its Mo- and Hf-variations are studied up to a temperature of 980 °C and compared with Ni- and Co-based superalloys. The trace elements decrease (Hf) or increase (Mo) the edge radii of the γ’ cuboids without changing their sizes. Atom probe measurements revealed that the Hf alloy prefers the γ’ phase while Mo prefers the γ matrix, leading to a lattice parameters enhancement of both phases, as could be revealed by synchrotron X-ray diffraction. The misfit is influenced in opposite ways: Hf increases the positive misfit, while Mo reduces it at all investigated temperatures. KW - Metal and alloys KW - Transmission electron microscopy KW - X-ray diffraction KW - Atom probe tomography KW - High entropy alloy PY - 2020 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2020.07.013 VL - 188 SP - 74 EP - 79 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-51025 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Manzoni, Anna Maria A1 - Yesilcicek, Yasemin A1 - Demir, E. A1 - Haas, S. A1 - Glatzel, U. T1 - Combining trace elements for microstructural optimization in the Al10Co25Cr8Fe15Ni36Ti6 compositionally complex alloy N2 - Trace elements W and Hf have different influence on the microstructure and the mechanical properties when added to the Al10Co25Cr8Fe15Ni36Ti6 compositionally complex alloy. The addition of both can thus merge both element’s beneficial influences when combined with the appropriate heat treatment: Hf enhances the cubicity of the γ’ particles in the γ matrix while the W reduces the negative influence of the Heusler phase: this phase can be completely dissolved when W is present in the alloy. T2 - ICHEM 2020 CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 27.09.2020 KW - High entropy alloys KW - Transmission electron microscopy KW - Lattice misfit KW - X-ray diffraction KW - Scanning electron microscopy PY - 2020 AN - OPUS4-51370 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ikeda, Yuki A1 - Yuan, R. A1 - Chakraborty, A. A1 - Ghassemi-Armaki, H. A1 - Zuo, J. M. A1 - Maaß, Robert T1 - Early stages of liquid-metal embrittlement in an advanced high-strength steel JF - Materials Today Advances N2 - Grain-boundary degradation via liquid-metal embrittlement (LME) is a prominent and long-standing failure process in next generation advanced high-strength steels. Here we reveal, well ahead of the crack tip, the presences of nano-scale grains of intermetallic phases in Zn-infiltrated but uncracked grain boundaries with scanning- and 4D transmission electron microscopy. Instead of the often-reported Znrich Fe-Zn intermetallics, the nano-scale phase in the uncracked infiltrated grain boundaries is identified as the G-phase, and its presence reveals the local enhancement of strain heterogeneities in the grain boundary network. Based on these observations, we argue that intermetallic phase formation is not occurring after cracking and subsequent liquid Zn infiltration but is instead one of the primary nanoscopic drivers for grain-boundary weakening and crack initiation. These findings shift the focus of LME from micro- and meso-scale crack investigations to the very early stages immediately following Zn diffusion, after which secondary phase nucleation and growth emerge as the root-cause for failure. KW - Advanced high strength steels KW - Liquid metal embrittlement KW - Transmission electron microscopy KW - 4-Dimensional scanning transmission KW - electron microscopy PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-539716 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtadv.2021.100196 SN - 2590-0498 VL - 13 IS - 196 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-53971 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Abram, Sarah-Luise A1 - Mrkwitschka, Paul A1 - Prinz, Carsten A1 - Rühle, Bastian A1 - Haase, Oskar A1 - Kuchenbecker, Petra A1 - Löhmann, Oliver A1 - Hodoroaba, Vasile-Dan A1 - Bresch, Harald A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute T1 - Iron oxide nanoparticles as a reference material candidate for particle size measurements N2 - This poster presentation covers the development of iron oxide nanoparticles as reference material candidate in the context of the project "Nanoplattform". T2 - EMRS Spring Meeting CY - Online meeting DA - 31.05.2021 KW - Iron oxide nanoparticles KW - Reference material KW - Particle size KW - Transmission electron microscopy KW - Small angle x-ray scattering PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-52773 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Liu, C. A1 - Ikeda, Yuki A1 - Maaß, Robert T1 - Strain-dependent shear-band structure in a Zr-based bulk metallic glass JF - Scripta Materialia N2 - This work presents strong evidence for structural damage accumulation as a function of shear strain admitted by shear bands in a Zr-based bulk metallic glass. Analyzing the shear-band structure of shear- band segments that experienced shear strains covering four orders of magnitude with high-angle annular dark field transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM) reveals strongly scattered data with on overall trend of increasing local volume dilatation with increasing shear strain. Locally, however, a variety of trends is observed, which underlines the strong heterogeneity of structural damage in shear bands in metallic glasses. KW - Transmission electron microscopy KW - Metallic glass KW - Shear bands KW - Shear-band structure KW - Shear strain PY - 2021 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2020.08.030 VL - 190 SP - 75 EP - 79 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-52454 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gadelmeier, C. A1 - Agudo Jácome, Leonardo A1 - Suárez Ocano, Patricia A1 - Haas, S. A1 - Feuerbach, M. A1 - Glatzel, U. T1 - Strengthening mechanisms of single crystalline CrCoNi and CrMnFeCoNi at creep temperatures above 700 °C N2 - The main deference between high entropy alloys and conventional alloys is the solid solution strengthening effect, which moves from a single element to a multi-element matrix. Little is known about the effectiveness of this effect at high temperatures. Investigation of temperature dependent solid solution strengthening in single phase multicomponent alloys with medium and high entropy using creep testing was performed. Creep tests carried out on single phase SX CrCoNi , CrMnFeCoNi and pure Ni from 700 to 1200 °C excluding oxidation, grain boundaries and multiphase effects. It was found that the influence of solid solution strengthening of CrCoNi and CrMnFeCoNi increases by decreasing temperature (1200 to 700 °C), and dislocation forests occur in CrCoNi and CrMnFeCoNi in comparison to pure Ni. T2 - SPP Kick-Off Meeting 2nd Phase CY - Online meeting DA - 14.04.2021 KW - High entropy alloys KW - Mechanical properties KW - Transmission electron microscopy KW - Solid solution strengthening PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-54381 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rodrigues, A. C. P. A1 - Feller, A. A1 - Agudo Jácome, Leonardo A1 - Azevedo, C. R. F. T1 - Use of synthetic Fe3O4-rich tribofilms to investigate the effect of microconstituents, temperature and atmosphere on the friction coefficient during pin-on-disc tribotest JF - Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties N2 - This work investigates the effect of the tribotesting parameters (temperature, atmosphere, and third body chemical composition) on the coefficient of friction (CoF) during pin-on-disc dry (PoD) sliding tribotests using artificial third bodies. The third body comprised nanometric Fe3O4-based binary to quaternary chemical compositions containing copper, graphite, and zirconia. These mixtures were manually or ball-milled prepared, and pin-on-disc tribotests were conducted at 23 °C and 400 °C under air or nitrogen atmospheres. Combining PoD and artificial third body to create synthetic tribofilms might be useful for testing new formulations of Cu-free friction materials. Microstructural characterisation of the tribofilms was used to study the stability of the Fe3O4, copper, and graphite nanoparticles under different testing conditions to understand their effects on the CoF. For the Fe3O4-C-ZrO2-X systems, the ball milling mixing promoted the formation of turbostratic graphite in the tribofilm, impairing the lubricating effect of the graphite under air atmosphere at 23 °C. The formation of monoclinic CuO in the tribofilms during tribotests at 400 °C under air and N2 atmospheres promoted a lubricating effect. KW - Tribology KW - Microstructure KW - Oxide KW - Transmission electron microscopy PY - 2022 DO - https://doi.org/10.1088/2051-672X/ac9d51 SN - 2051-672X VL - 10 IS - 4 SP - 044009-1 EP - 044009-18 PB - IOP Pobilishing AN - OPUS4-56467 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sommer, Konstantin A1 - Agudo Jácome, Leonardo A1 - Hesse, René A1 - Bettge, Dirk T1 - Revealing the nature of melt pool boundaries in additively manufactured stainless steel by nano-sized modulation JF - Advanced engineering materials N2 - In the current study, the 3D nature of the melt pool boundaries (MPBs) in a 316 L austenitic steel additively manufactured by laser-based powder bed fusion (L-PBF) is investigated. The change of the cell growth direction and its relationship to the MPBs is investigated by transmission electron microscopy. A hitherto unreported modulated substructure with a periodicity of 21 nm is further discovered within the cell cores of the cellular substructure, which results from a partial transformation of the austenite, which is induced by a Ga+ focused ion beam. While the cell cores show the modulated substructure, cell boundaries do not. The diffraction pattern of the modulated substructure is exploited to show a thickness ≥200 nm for the MPB. At MPBs, the cell walls are suppressed, leading to continuously connecting cell cores across the MPB. This continuous MPB is described either as overlapping regions of cells of different growing directions when a new melt pool solidifies or as a narrow planar growth preceding the new melt pool. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Austenitic steel 316L KW - Melt pool boundary KW - Microstructural characterization KW - Transmission electron microscopy PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-547295 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202101699 SN - 1527-2648 VL - 24 IS - 6 SP - 1 EP - 11 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-54729 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Yesilcicek, Yasemin A1 - Haas, S. A1 - Suárez Ocano, Patricia A1 - Zaiser, E. A1 - Hesse, René A1 - Többens, D. M. A1 - Glatzel, U. A1 - Manzoni, Anna Maria T1 - Controlling Lattice Misfit and Creep Rate Through the γ' Cube Shapes in the Al10Co25Cr8Fe15Ni36Ti6 Compositionally Complex Alloy with Hf and W Additions JF - High Entropy Alloys & Materials N2 - Trace elements play an important role in the fine-tuning of complex material properties. This study focuses on the correlation of microstructure, lattice misfit and creep properties. The compositionally complex alloy Al10Co25Cr8Fe15Ni36Ti6 (in at. %) was tuned with high melting trace elements Hf and W. The microstructure consists of a γ matrix, γ' precipitates and the Heusler phase and it is accompanied by good mechanical properties for high temperature applications. The addition of 0.5 at.% Hf to the Al10Co25Cr8Fe15Ni36Ti6 alloy resulted in more sharp-edged cubic γ′ precipitates and an increase in the Heusler phase amount. The addition of 1 at.% W led to more rounded γ′ precipitates and the dissolution of the Heusler phase. The shapes of the γ' precipitates of the alloys Al9.25Co25Cr8Fe15Ni36Ti6Hf0.25W0.5 and Al9.25Co25Cr8Fe15Ni36Ti6Hf0.5W0.25, that are the alloys of interest in this paper, create a transition from the well-rounded precipitates in the alloy with 1% W containing alloy to the sharp angular particles in the alloy with 0.5% Hf. While the lattice misfit has a direct correlation to the γ' precipitates shape, the creep rate is also related to the amount of the Heusler phase. The lattice misfit increases with decreasing corner radius of the γ' precipitates. So does the creep rate, but it also increases with the amount of Heusler phase. The microstructures were investigated by SEM and TEM, the lattice misfit was calculated from the lattice parameters obtained by synchrotron radiation measurements. KW - High entropy alloy KW - Lattice misfit KW - Creep KW - Transmission electron microscopy KW - X-ray diffraction PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-565655 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s44210-022-00009-1 SP - 1 EP - 9 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-56565 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Manzoni, Anna Maria A1 - Mohring, Wencke A1 - Hesse, René A1 - Agudo Jácome, Leonardo A1 - Stephan-Scherb, C. T1 - Early material damage in equimolar CrMnFeCoNi in mixed oxidizing/sulfiding hot gas atmosphere JF - Advanced engineering materials N2 - The challenges to use more varied fuels at medium and high temperatures above 500 °C need to be addressed by tuning the materials toward a better resistance against increased corrosion. As a first step the corrosion processes need to be better understood, especially in the case of the unavoidable and highly corrosive sulfur-based gases. Herein, oxidation/sulfidation of an equimolar CrMnFeCoNi high-entropy alloy is studied at an early stage after hot gas exposure at 600 °C for 6 h in 0.5% SO2 and 99.5% Ar. The oxidation process is studied by means of X-ray diffraction, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, and supported by thermodynamic calculations. It is found that the sulfur does not enter the bulk material but interacts mainly with the fast-diffusing manganese at grain boundary triple junctions at the alloy surface. Submicrometer scaled Cr–S–O-rich phases close to the grain boundaries complete the sulfur-based phase formation. The grains are covered in different Fe-, Mn-, and Cr-based spinels and other oxides. KW - High entropy alloy KW - Sulfiding KW - Corrosion KW - Transmission electron microscopy PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-543495 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202101573 SN - 1527-2648 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-54349 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vogel, F. A1 - Cheng, J. A1 - Liang, S. B. A1 - Ke, C. B. A1 - Cao, S. S. A1 - Zhang, X. P. A1 - Zizak, I. A1 - Manzoni, Anna Maria A1 - Yu, J. M. A1 - Wanderka, N. A1 - Li, W. T1 - Formation and evolution of hierarchical microstructures in a Ni-based superalloy investigated by in situ high-temperature synchrotron X-ray diffraction JF - Journal of alloys and compounds N2 - Hierarchical microstructures are created when additional γ particles form in γ’ precipitates and they are linked to improved strength and creep properties in high-temperature alloys. Here, we follow the formation and evolution of a hierarchical microstructure in Ni86.1Al8.5Ti5.4 by in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction at 1023 K up to 48 h to derive the lattice parameters of the γ matrix, γ’ precipitates and γ particles and misfits between phases. Finite element method-based computer simulations of hierarchical microstructures allow obtaining each phase's lattice parameter, thereby aiding peak identification in the in situ X-ray diffraction data. The simulations further give insight into the heterogeneous strain distribution between γ’ precipitates and γ particles, which gives rise to an anisotropic diffusion potential that drives the directional growth of γ particles. We rationalize a schematic model for the growth of γ particles, based on the Gibbs-Thomson effect of capillary and strain-induced anisotropic diffusion potentials. Our results highlight the importance of elastic properties, elastic anisotropy, lattice parameters, and diffusion potentials in controlling the behavior and stability of hierarchical microstructures. KW - XRD KW - Superalloy KW - Finite element method KW - Transmission electron microscopy PY - 2022 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.165845 SN - 0925-8388 VL - 919 SP - 1 EP - 17 PB - Elsevier CY - Lausanne AN - OPUS4-55394 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -