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A x-ray radioscopy technique for measuring in situ chemical diffusion coefficients in metallic melts
is presented. The long-capillary diffusion measurement method is combined with imaging
techniques using microfocus tubes and flat panel detectors in order to visualize and quantitatively
analyze diffusive mixing of two melts of different chemical composition. The interdiffusion
coefficient as function of temperature and time is obtained by applying Ficks diffusion laws.
Tracking the time dependence of the mean square penetration depth of the mixing process allows to
detect changes in the mass transport caused by convective flow. The possibility to sort out
convective mass transport contributions from analysis enhances significantly the accuracy compared
to the conventional long-capillary diffusion measurement method with postmortem analysis. The
performance of this novel diffusion measurement method with x-ray radiography technique is
demonstrated by a diffusion experiment in an Al-Ni melt.
When in situ techniques became available in recent years this led to a breakthrough in accurately determining diffusion coefficients for liquid alloys. Here we discuss how neutron radiography can be used to measure chemical diffusion in a ternary AlCuAg alloy. Neutron radiography hereby gives complementary information to x-ray radiography used for measuring chemical diffusion and to quasielastic neutron scattering used mainly for determining self-diffusion. A novel Al2O3 based furnace that enables one to study diffusion processes by means of neutron radiography is discussed. A chemical diffusion coefficient of Ag against Al around the eutectic composition Al68.6Cu13.8Ag17.6 at.% was obtained. It is demonstrated that the in situ technique of neutron radiography is a powerful means to study mass transport properties in situ in binary and ternary alloys that show poor x-ray contrast.
Neutron radiography and tomography have been used for a time resolved in situ analysis and a 3D mapping of hydrogen diffusion in iron and steel. Samples were electrochemically charged with hydrogen and afterwards neutron transmission images were taken. Hydrogen diffusion coefficients in duplex stainless steel were determined at 623 K by measuring and comparing the sample's mean intensity with a hydrogen-free reference sample and subsequent normalisation to standards with known hydrogen content. In technical iron and in supermartensitic stainless steel the hydrogen distributions have been investigated. The radiographic images in iron show blisters, cracks and the distribution of molecular hydrogen inside cracks. The analysis of the diffusion behaviour of hydrogen out of a blister illustrates the capabilities of the method with respect to time and spatial resolution. The neutron tomography of supermartensitic tensile stressed samples illustrates the capability to visualise hydrogen distributions three-dimensionally. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
On a utilisé la radiographie neutronique et la tomographie pour une analyse in situ à résolution temporelle et une cartographie 3D de la diffusion de l'hydrogène dans le fer et l'acier. On a chargé des échantillons par électrochimie avec de l'hydrogène et ensuite on a pris des images par émission de neutrons. On a déterminé les coefficients de diffusion de lhydrogène dans l'acier inoxydable duplex à 623 K en mesurant et en comparant l'intensité moyenne de l'échantillon avec un échantillon de référence sans hydrogène et une normalisation subséquente à des échantillons références à teneur connue en hydrogène. On a examiné la distribution d'hydrogène dans le fer technique et dans l'acier inoxydable supermartensitique. Les images radiographiques du fer montrent des soufflures, des fissures, et la distribution de l'hydrogène moléculaire à l'intérieur des fissures. L'analyse du comportement de diffusion de l'hydrogène hors d'une soufflure illustre les possibilités de la méthode par rapport à la résolution temporelle et spatiale. La tomographie neutronique des échantillons supermartensitiques chargés en traction illustre la capacité de visualiser les distributions d'hydrogène en trois dimensions.
Neutron radiography (NR) is compared with the commonly used carrier gas hot extraction (CGHE) technique. We performed isothermal hydrogen effusion experiments at 623 K to study the mass transport kinetics. The investigated material was technical iron. The quantification of the hydrogen mass flow is done for NR by using concentration standards. The temporal hydrogen concentration evolution in the sample coincides well for both methods, i.e. NR and CGHE, and is in good agreement with literature. The advantages of the NR method are the non-destructive nature of measuring and the in-situ determination of hydrogen concentrations with high spatial and temporal resolution. Remaining hydrogen inside the sample can be identified directly by the NR method.
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.
A laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) system was combined with a bead-on-plate Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding process for the in situ measurement of chemical compositions in austenitic stainless steels during welding.Monitoring the weld pool's chemical composition allows governing the weld pool solidification behavior, and thus enables the reduction of susceptibility to weld defects. Conventional inspection methods for weld seams (e.g. ultrasonic inspection) cannot be performed during the welding process. The analysis system also allows in situ study of the correlation between the occurrence ofweld defects and changes in the chemical composition in theweld pool or in the two-phase regionwhere solid and liquid phase coexist. First experiments showed that both the shielding Ar gas and the welding arc plasma have a significant effect on the selected Cr II, Ni II and MnII characteristicemissions, namely an artificial increase of intensity values via unspecific emission in the spectra.
In situ investigations showed that this artificial intensity increase reached a maximum in presence of weld plume. Moreover, an explicit decay has been observedwith the termination of thewelding plumedue to infrared radiation during sample cooling. Furthermore, LIBS can be used after welding to map element distribution. For austenitic stainless steels,Mnaccumulations on both sides of theweld could be detected between the heat affected zone (HAZ) and the base material.
Gravity has significant effects on alloy solidification, primarily due to thermosolutal convection and solid phase buoyancy. Since 2004, the European Space Agency has been supporting investigation of these effects by promoting in situ X-ray monitoring of the solidification of aluminium alloys on microgravity platforms, on earth, and in periodically varying g conditions. The first microgravity experiment-investigating foaming of liquid metals - was performed on board a sounding rocket, in 2008. In 2012 the first ever X-ray-monitored solidification of a fully dense metallic alloy in space was achieved: the focus was columnar solidification of an Al-Cu alloy. This was followed in 2015 by a similar experiment, investigating equiaxed solidification. Ground reference experiments were completed in all cases. In addition, experiments have been performed on board parabolic flights-where the effects of varying gravity have been studied. We review here the technical and scientific progress to date, and outline future perspectives.
We investigated the hydrogen distribution spatially and temporally in technical iron at room temperature. Samples were charged electrochemically and subsequently analysed by means of neutron radiography and tomography. The radiographic images allowed for a time-resolved analysis of hydrogen fluxes. The three-dimensional distribution of hydrogen measured by neutron tomography delivered valuable information for the damage analysis of hydrogen-induced cracks. For the first time hydrogen concentration gradients inside the material could be detect directly together with the cracks. The neutron radiography and tomography results were gained at the Research Reactor BER II of the HZB in Berlin.