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Electron Channeling Contrast Imaging of Plastic Deformation Induced by Indentation in Polycrystalline Nickel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2013

Shirin Kaboli ,
Dina Goldbaum ,
Richard R. Chromik  and
Raynald Gauvin
Shirin Kaboli
Affiliation:
McGill University, Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, Montréal, Québec H3A 0C5, Canada
Dina Goldbaum
Affiliation:
McGill University, Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, Montréal, Québec H3A 0C5, Canada
Richard R. Chromik
Affiliation:
McGill University, Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, Montréal, Québec H3A 0C5, Canada
Raynald Gauvin*
Affiliation:
McGill University, Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, Montréal, Québec H3A 0C5, Canada
*
*Corresponding author.raynald.gauvin@mcgill.ca
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Abstract

Vickers microindentation and Berkovich nanoindentation tests were carried out on a polycrystalline nickel (Ni) bulk specimen. Electron channeling contrast imaging (ECCI) in conjunction with electron backscattered diffraction was used to image and characterize plastic deformation inside and around the indents using a field emission scanning electron microscope. The ECCI was performed with a 5 keV beam energy and 0° tilt specimen position. The strain field distribution, slip lines, and Taylor lattices were imaged on an indented surface. Orientation mapping was used to investigate the local crystallographic misorientation and identify specific ⟨110⟩ slip systems. An ion milling surface preparation technique was used to remove materials from the surface which permitted the study of deformed microstructure below the indent. A dislocation density of 1011 cm−2 was calculated based on the curvature of bend contours observed in the ECCI micrographs obtained from the Vickers indents. A yield strength of 500 MPa was calculated based on the size of the strain field measured from the ECCI micrographs of the nanoindents. The combination of ion milling, ECCI, and electron backscattered diffraction was shown to be beneficial to investigate the indentation-induced plastic deformation in a polycrystalline Ni bulk specimen.

Keywords

electron channeling contrast imaging (ECCI)indentationion millingplastic deformationslip linestrain field
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Materials Applications
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 19 , Issue 6 , December 2013 , pp. 1620 - 1631
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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2013 

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