Advanced Nanostructural Analysis of Aluminium Alloys Using Atom Probe Tomography

Abstract:

This paper sets out the needs for and recent advances in microscopy in Al alloys, using solutesolute and solute-vacancy clustering as examples. Cluster-assisted nucleation and cluster strengthening are discussed and this is followed by a discussion of the local electrode atom probe. Heuristic and algorithmic tools for assessing the nanoscale microstructure or nanostructure of Al alloys acquired from atom probe tomography experiments are then presented.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volumes 519-521)
• Pages: 25-34
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.519-521.25
• Online since: July 2006
• Authors: Simon P. Ringer
• Keywords: Age Hardening, Atom Probe Tomography (APT), Clustering

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