Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) has been attracting enormous interest in the microstructural characterization of metals in recent years. This characterization technique has several advantages over conventional ones, since it allows obtaining...
An electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) method provides information about the crystallographic structure of materials. However, a surface subjected to analysis needs to be well-prepared. This usually requires following a time-consuming procedure...
Scanning electron microscopy is widespread in field of material science and research, especially because of its high surface sensitivity due to the increased interactions of electrons with the target material’s atoms compared to X-ray-oriented...
In the present work, Ca-induced plasticity of AZ31 magnesium alloy was studied using electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) measurements supported by viscoplastic self-consistent (VPSC) calculations. For this purpose, alloy samples were stretched...
In this article we discuss the effect of different test parameters on the analysis of retained austenite in TRIP590, TRIP780 and X90 steels, by means of Electron Backscattered Diffraction (EBSD) and X-ray Diffraction (XRD), respectively. By analyzing...
Materials produced through equal channel angular extrusion (ECAE) may offer enhanced mechanical properties over classic thermomechanical processing like extrusion or rolling. Conventional techniques such as electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) may...
Proper understanding and knowledge of primary particle or grain size is of paramount importance in manufacturing processes as it directly affects various properties including mechanical behavior. Application of optical microscopy coupled with etching...
This comprehensive review focuses on the most recent advances in electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) methods in the context of materials science and includes a thorough evaluation of the sample preparation procedures unique to EBSD as well as a c...
Liquid metal embrittlement is a phenomenon in which the mechanical properties of a metallic material are significantly reduced after contact with liquid metal, and the microscopic mechanism of this phenomenon is still controversial. The grain boundar...
Crystallographic reconstruction of parent austenite grain boundaries from the martensitic microstructure in a wear resistant steel was carried out using electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD). The present study mainly aims to investigate the paren...
Nickel-based superalloys are extensively used in the aerospace and power generation industries due to their excellent mechanical properties at elevated temperatures and good corrosion resistance. Typically, these alloys require accomplishing critical...
Additively manufactured tungsten and its alloys have been widely used for plasma facing components (PFCs) in future nuclear fusion reactors. Under the fusion process, PFCs experience a high-temperature exposure, which will ultimately affect the micro...
Electron BackScatter Diffraction (EBSD) in conjunction with Field-Emission Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy (FEG-ESEM) has been used to evaluate the microstructural and local plastic strain evolution in different alloys (AISI 1005, AISI 304...
In this study, we investigated the two-phase hardening behavior and microstructural evolution of S32750 duplex stainless steel during the tensile deformation process. The analysis was conducted using in situ electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), s...
One of the difficulties with bobbin friction stir welding (BFSW) has been the visualisation of microstructure, particularly grain boundaries, and this is especially problematic for materials with fine grain structure, such as AA6082-T6 aluminium as h...
Remanence is an important parameter of magnetic property for Nd-Fe-B magnets, and high remanent magnetization is a prerequisite for high-performance magnets. In this paper, the surface morphology perpendicular to the texture orientation direction and...
This paper employs in situ Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) tensile technology to thoroughly consider the evolution of microstructure, grain size, grain boundary characteristics, orientation differences, and dislocation density of H13 steel du...
Hot compression tests of Mo–1.5 wt% Al2O3/ZrO2 molybdenum alloys were carried out using the Gleeble–1500 simulator at 0.01 s−1−5 s−1 strain rates and 1000–1500 °C deformation temperatures. The microstructural c...
Aluminum alloy 7075 is an important engineering material for ship structures. However, the corrosion of Al alloys generally exists in various environments, especially in the marine environment. Currently, the corrosion behaviors of Al alloy 7075 in s...
EBSD (electron backscattered diffraction) was used to study the fatigue crack propagation mechanism in a friction stir welding joint of a 15 mm-thick 7N01 aluminum alloy plate. Crack tips with detailed features were clearly characterized by EBSD imag...
The microstructure and texture of materials significantly influence the mechanical properties and fracture behavior; the effect of microstructure in different zones of friction stir-welded joints of 7A52 aluminum alloy on fracture behavior was invest...
In order to clarify the deformation mechanism of Inconel 718 (IN718) alloy at the grain scale during tensile deformation, the deformation behaviors of IN718 alloy were investigated at 650 °C using an in situ electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD...
This study systematically benchmarks the performance of four single soft magnetic powders—water-atomized Fe–Si–Cr (FeSiCr), silica-coated reduced iron powder (RIP), silica-coated carbonyl iron powder (CIP), and phosphate-coated CIP...
The cube texture in alloys shows deterioration under plastic deformation. To further observe the evolution of orientation in individual grains during deformation, in-situ tensile testing was coupled with electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD). We...
Explaining the crystallography of iron alloys martensite with a {225}γ habit plane remains a challenging task within the phenomenological theory of martensite crystallography. The purpose of this study is to re-examine the martensite formed in...
The temperature effects on the microstructural evolution of a coarse-grained Al5083 alloy during equal channel angular pressing (ECAP), were studied at ambient and high temperatures. The microstructural evaluation was done using an EBSD (electron bac...
The current paper is related to the study of the microstructure and texture of two machinable lead-free brass alloys, namely CuZn42 (CW510L) and CuZn38As (CW511L), which were evaluated in the as-drawn and post heat treated condition. Electron backsca...
Nickel-based superalloys exhibit pronounced elastic anisotropy and, hence, the local grain orientation strongly affects the stress and strain distribution in the material under mechanical loadings. Therefore, the crack initiation and failure behaviou...
Magnesium (Mg) alloys with long-period stacking ordered (LPSO) phases are receiving increasing interest because of their excellent mechanical performance. The close similarity in atomic stacking sequences between different LPSO polytypes and Mg latti...
Microstructure control is of vital importance in tailoring physical properties of metallic materials. Despite the enormous efforts devoted to the study of microstructure evolution during recrystallization, most previous research has been conducted un...
Low-grade metamorphic temperature conditions associated with the Sanbagawa metamorphic event were estimated by the Raman spectroscopy of carbonaceous material (RSCM) in pelitic rocks and an electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) analysis of the quar...
Iron palaeometallurgy was carried out on three artefacts, classified as nails and excavated from the archaeological site of Loiola (La Arboleda, Biscay, northern Spain), to investigate Roman manufacturing techniques. Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (E...
Fusion reactors are designed to operate at extremely high temperatures, which causes the plasma-facing materials to be heated to 500 °C to 1000 °C. Tungsten is one of the target design materials for the plasma-facing diverter components in To...
Surface mechanical attrition treatment (SMAT) was performed on a reduced ferritic/martensitic (RAFM) steel to form a nanostructured (NS) layer on the surface of the sample. Both electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and TEM were used to investigate...
Among various off-equilibrium microstructures of additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V alloy, electron beam powder bed fusion, in which three dimensional metallic objects are fabricated by melting the ingredient powder materials layer by layer on a pre-h...
Water distribution in the structure of vein quartz formed as a result of successive plastic deformations associated with dislocation slip and subsequent recrystallization was estimated using infrared microspectroscopic (μFTIR) mapping. Water conta...
This study proved the influence of an inoculation substance on the primary structure of chromium-cast iron. The inoculation procedure has developed very well in the field of grey cast iron production and mainly concerns the crystallisation of graphit...
Electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) is a material characterization technique that attracts many researchers to characterize different types of materials [...]
Ballen quartz is a spherical aggregate that is typical for impactites. Previous studies of ballen quartz in different impact structures have revealed the presence of Fe, K, Al, Mg, and Ca in the contact zone between individual ballen only. In the pre...
In this study, the microstructure evolution and deformation behavior of the extruded Mg-5Al-0.6Sc (AS51) alloy during tensile testing at room temperature (RT) and 250 °C were investigated by electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) characterizat...
An in situ scanning electron microscope (SEM) study was conducted on a super duplex stainless steel (SDSS) containing 0%, 5% and 10% σ-phase. The material was heat treated at 850 °C for 12 min and 15 min, respectively, to achieve the differ...
An in situ tensile test of the ring-rolled GH4169 alloy is performed to investigate the plastic deformation behavior at the micro level. Slip system activations are identified by slip traces captured by a scanning electron microscope and lattice orie...
The determination of orientation relationships in dual or multi-phase materials is very important in the field of interface engineering for the design of materials with tailored properties. In this work, a code is developed for the automated and stat...
The uniaxial tensile behavior of MarBN steel with a constant strain rate of 5 × 10−5 s−1 under various temperatures ranging from room temperature to 630 °C was analyzed. This study aimed to identify the effect of the temperature...
The anisotropic mechanical behavior and associated microstructure evolution in annealed Zircaloy-4 were investigated at room temperature, using quasi-in situ tensile tests along the typical direction, rolling direction (RD), and transverse direction...
The development of metal nanocomposites reinforced by carbon nanotubes (CNTs) remains a focus of the scientific community due to the growing need to produce lightweight advanced materials with unique mechanical properties. However, for the successful...
The complex and intricate microstructure of B19′ martensite in shape memory nickel titanium alloys is generally explained with the Phenomenological Theory of Martensitic Crystallography (PTMC). Over the last decade, we have developed an alterna...
Nickel-based GH3536 alloys prepared by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) exhibit a mismatch between strength and ductility during the tensile process, which severely restricts their engineering applications in the aerospace field. In order to optimize t...
This study examines the influence of layer thickness (0.9, 1.6, 2.4, and 4 mm) on the distribution of residual stress, microstructural evolution, and tensile properties of Cu18150/Al1060/Cu18150 multilayered composites fabricated via a combined cast-...
Characterising and quantifying complex multiphase steels is a challenging and time-consuming process, which is often open to subjectivity when based on image analysis of optical metallographic or SEM images. The properties of multiphase steels are hi...
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