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Evaluation and application of a new scintillator-based heat-resistant back-scattered electron detector during heat
R Podor1, J Mendonça1,2, J Lautru1
1ICSM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, CEA, Bagnols sur Cèze, France.
Abstract:
A new high-temperature detector dedicated to the collection of backscattered electrons is used in combination with heating stages up to 1050°C, in high-vacuum and low-vacuum modes in order to evaluate its possibilities through signal-to-noise ration measurements and different applications. Four examples of material transformations occurring at high temperature are herein reported: grain growth during annealing of a rolled platinum foil, recrystallisation of a multiphased alloy, oxidation of a Ni-based alloy and complex phase transformations occurring during the annealing of an Al-Si coated boron steel. The detector could be potentially adapted to any type of SEM and it offers good opportunities to perform high-temperature experiments in various atmospheres.
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