Dynamic recovery observed in distinct grains within a polycrystalline nickel-based superalloy during cyclic high temperature fatigue via high energy X-ray diffraction microscopy

High resolution 3D x-ray diffraction microscopy.

We have imaged a 2D buried Ni nanostructure at 8 nm resolution using coherent x-ray diffraction and the oversampling phasing method. By employing a 3D imaging reconstruction algorithm, for the first time we have experimentally determined the 3D structure of a noncrystalline nanostructured material at 50 nm resolution. The 2D and 3D imaging resolution is currently limited by the exposure time an...

High temperature X-ray diffraction apparatus.

Nanostructure by high-energy X-ray diffraction

X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) has long been used to determine the atomic-scale structure of materials. This technique is based on the fact that the wavelength of X-rays is comparable to the distances between atoms in condensed matter. When a material exhibiting a long-range (i.e. at least micrometers), periodic atomic order, such as a crystal, is irradiated with X-rays it acts as an extended, well-de...

High Temperature Deformation Mechanisms in a DLD Nickel Superalloy

The realisation of employing Additive Layer Manufacturing (ALM) technologies to produce components in the aerospace industry is significantly increasing. This can be attributed to their ability to offer the near-net shape fabrication of fully dense components with a high potential for geometrical optimisation, all of which contribute to subsequent reductions in material wastage and component we...

High Pressure-High Temperature, X-Ray Diffraction Apparatus

A tetrahedral-anvil press has been developed that permits x-ray diffraction powder measurements at pressures to 75 kb and temperatures to 1000°C. A counting technique, rather than photographic film, is used for x-ray detection. Sample tetrahedra of compressed LiH, boron, and boron-filled plastic are used in place of the pyrophyllite customarily used for this purpose. Two possible entrance pupil...