To reduce microsegregation, a series of homogenization treatments were carried out on Ni–Co based superalloy prepared through directional solidification (DS). The element segregation characteristics and microstructural evolution investigated by optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron (SEM), probe microanalysis (EPMA). results show that the elements are non-uniformly distributed in solidified...

Abstract MinPlot is a MATLAB®-based mineral formula recalculation and compositional plotting program for electron microprobe analyses (EPMA). The offers structural assignment 15 different groups: Garnet, pyroxene, olivine, amphibole, feldspar, mica, staurolite, cordierite, chlorite, chloritoid, talc, epidote, titanite, spinel, sulfides. fast easy to use command line requires no prior computer p...

In conjunction with microstructural interpretation, variation of the Sr/Ca ratio in otoliths of Platycephalus bassensis have been determined in an effort to uncover the role of biomineralisation in otolith trace element uptake. After subsequent microstructural analysis by Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD), Sr/Ca ratios across otolith growth rings were determined by Electron Probe Microana...