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Three-Dimensional EBSD Analysis of YSZ, NiO-YSZ and Ni-Alloy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 January 2012

Laxmikant V. Saraf
Laxmikant V. Saraf*
Affiliation:
EMSL, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland WA 99352 USA.
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Abstract

In this report, a method is discussed to perform successive milling on yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ), NiO-YSZ and Ni-alloy at the intervals of 85 nm 50 nm and 100 nm, respectively using a focused ion beam (FIB) followed by electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) analysis on each slice. The EBSD data is then reconstructed to generate 3D volume. The 3D-EBSD band quality data is superimposed on inverse pole figure (IPF) grain orientation analysis to get a correlation with quality of band indexing. For the NiO-YSZ case, grain orientations and band quality factors were matched for grains ∼250 nm diameters producing a high resolution 3D-EBSD data. For this case, a pore space in 3D volume was visible due to nanocrystalline NiO-YSZ grain network. The advantages of 3D EBSD are discussed in the context of its applications to SOFC research community.

Keywords

nanostructureporositytexture
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1421: Symposium PP – Three-Dimensional Tomography of Materials , 2012 , mrsf11-1421-pp06-01
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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