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Atom Probe Tomography Studies on the CuIn,GaSe2 Grain Boundaries
Published on: April 22, 2013
Microstructural characterization of an Al-li-mg-cu alloy by correlative electron tomography and atom probe tomography
Xiangyuan Xiong1, Matthew Weyland1
11Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy,Monash University,VIC 3800,Australia.
Abstract:
Correlative electron tomography and atom probe tomography have been carried out successfully on the same region of a commercial 8090 aluminum alloy (Al-Li-Mg-Cu). The combination of the two techniques allows accurate geometric reconstruction of the atom probe tomography data verified by crystallographic information retrieved from the reconstruction. Quantitative analysis of the precipitate phase compositions and volume fractions of each phase have been obtained from the atom probe tomography and electron tomography at various scales, showing strong agreement between both techniques.
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