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Cautionary note on use of focused ion beam sectioning as technique for characterising oxidation damage in Ni based superalloys
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Cruchley, S., Sun, J. F., Taylor, M. P., Evans, H. E., Bowen, P., Sumner, J., Nicholls, J. R., Simms, N. J., Shollock, Barbara A., Chater, R. J., Foss, B. J., Hardy, M. C. and Stekovic, S. (2014) Cautionary note on use of focused ion beam sectioning as technique for characterising oxidation damage in Ni based superalloys. Materials at High Temperatures, 31 (1). pp. 27-33. doi:10.1179/0960340913Z.0000000004 ISSN 0960-3409.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/0960340913Z.0000000004
Abstract
Previous observations on Ni based superalloys, obtained through the use of focused ion beam (FIB) sample preparation and imaging, have reported the presence of subsurface voids after oxidation. In this present study, oxidised specimens of the Ni based superalloy, RR1000, were subjected to conventional sample preparation as well as both dual and single beam FIB preparation, with the aim of re-examining the previous observations of subsurface void formation. It is clear from FIB preparations that features previously interpreted as networks of voids have been demonstrated to be internal oxides by varying the sample tilt angles and imaging signal using either secondary electrons (SEs) or secondary ions (SIs). Conventional preparation methods illustrate the presence of subsurface alumina intrusions and the absence of voids, supporting previous evidence. The positive identification of voids and oxides by FIB can be complex and prone to misinterpretation and thus, the use of several imaging conditions and tilt angles must be used, along with conventional preparation methods, to confirm or refute the presence of ‘voids’ underneath oxides.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Materials at High Temperatures | ||||
ISSN: | 0960-3409 | ||||
Official Date: | 2014 | ||||
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Volume: | 31 | ||||
Number: | 1 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 27-33 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1179/0960340913Z.0000000004 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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