Hostname: page-component-84b7d79bbc-tsvsl Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-07-27T16:57:58.213Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Characterization of Doped NiAl by Atom Probe Field Ion Microscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1992

Raman Jayaram
Affiliation:
Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6376.
M.K. Miller
Affiliation:
Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6376.
Get access

Abstract

The atom probe field ion microscope (APFIM) has been used to characterize grain boundaries and matrix in NiAl doped with either boron, carbon or beryllium. Boron was observed to segregate to grain boundaries whereas carbon and beryllium did not. Atom probe analyses of the matrix revealed that the matrix was severely depleted of the solute in the boron- and carbon-doped alloys. Field ion imaging and matrix analyses also revealed ultrafine MB2 - and MC-type precipitates ranging in size between 2 and 20 nm in diameter in the boron- and carbon-doped alloys. These precipitates occurred in significant number densities. Atom probe analyses of beryllium-doped NiAl did not reveal ultrafine precipitates and was consistent with the fact that almost all the beryllium was in solid solution. The enormous increase in yield stress in the boron- and carbon-doped alloys is predominantly due to a precipitation hardening effect. The small increase in yield stress in beryllium-doped NiAl is due to a mild substitutional solid solution hardening effect.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

1. Aoki, K. and Izumi, O., J. Jpn. Inst. Met., 43, 1190, (1979).Google Scholar
2. Liu, C.T., White, C.L. and Horton, J.A., Acta Metall., 33, 213, (1985).Google Scholar
3. George, E.P. and Liu, C.T., J. Mater. Res., 5, 754, (1990).Google Scholar
4. Miller, M.K. and Smith, G.D.W., Atom Probe Microanalysis: Principles and Applications to Materials Problems. (Materials Research Society Publishers, Pittsburgh, PA, 1989).Google Scholar
5. Miller, M.K., de Physique, J., 47-C2, 493, (1986).Google Scholar
6. Jayaram, R. and Miller, M.K., Surface Science, 266, 310, (1992).Google Scholar
7. Jayaram, R. and Miller, M.K. in Structure and Properties of Interfaces in Materials, edited by Clark, W.A.T., Dahmen, U. and Briant, C.L. (Mater. Res. Soc. Proc. 238, Pittsburgh, PA 1991) pp. 445. Google Scholar
8. Miller, M.K., Jayaram, Raman and Camus, P.P., Scripta Metall., 26, 679, (1992).Google Scholar
9. Jayaram, R. and Miller, M.K., Applied Surface Science, 66, (1993), in press.Google Scholar
10. George, E.P. and Liu, C.T., unpublished results.Google Scholar
11. Jayaram, R. and Miller, M.K., Applied Surface Science, 66, (1993), in press.Google Scholar
12. Jayaram, R. and Miller, M.K., Acta Metall., submitted.Google Scholar