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Early stages of spinodal decomposition in Fe-Cr resolved by in-situ small-angle neutron scattering

Hornqvist, M. ; Thuvander, M. ; Steuwer, Axel LU ; King, S. ; Odqvist, J. and Hedstrom, P. (2015) In Applied Physics Letters 106(6).
Abstract
In-situ, time-resolved small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) investigations of the early stages of the spinodal decomposition process in Fe-35Cr were performed at 773 and 798K. The kinetics of the decomposition, both in terms of characteristic distance and peak intensity, followed a power-law behaviour from the start of the heat treatment (a' = 0.10-0.11 and a '' = 0.67-0.86). Furthermore, the method allows tracking of the high-Q slope, which is a sensitive measure of the early stages of decomposition. Ex-situ SANS and atom probe tomography were used to verify the results from the in-situ investigations. Finally, the in-situ measurement of the evolution of the characteristic distance at 773K was compared with the predictions from the... (More)
In-situ, time-resolved small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) investigations of the early stages of the spinodal decomposition process in Fe-35Cr were performed at 773 and 798K. The kinetics of the decomposition, both in terms of characteristic distance and peak intensity, followed a power-law behaviour from the start of the heat treatment (a' = 0.10-0.11 and a '' = 0.67-0.86). Furthermore, the method allows tracking of the high-Q slope, which is a sensitive measure of the early stages of decomposition. Ex-situ SANS and atom probe tomography were used to verify the results from the in-situ investigations. Finally, the in-situ measurement of the evolution of the characteristic distance at 773K was compared with the predictions from the Cahn-Hilliard-Cook model, which showed good agreement with the experimental data (a' = 0.12-0.20 depending on the assumed mobility). (C) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC. (Less)
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0003-6951
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10.1063/1.4908250
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  abstract     = {{In-situ, time-resolved small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) investigations of the early stages of the spinodal decomposition process in Fe-35Cr were performed at 773 and 798K. The kinetics of the decomposition, both in terms of characteristic distance and peak intensity, followed a power-law behaviour from the start of the heat treatment (a' = 0.10-0.11 and a '' = 0.67-0.86). Furthermore, the method allows tracking of the high-Q slope, which is a sensitive measure of the early stages of decomposition. Ex-situ SANS and atom probe tomography were used to verify the results from the in-situ investigations. Finally, the in-situ measurement of the evolution of the characteristic distance at 773K was compared with the predictions from the Cahn-Hilliard-Cook model, which showed good agreement with the experimental data (a' = 0.12-0.20 depending on the assumed mobility). (C) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.}},
  author       = {{Hornqvist, M. and Thuvander, M. and Steuwer, Axel and King, S. and Odqvist, J. and Hedstrom, P.}},
  issn         = {{0003-6951}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{6}},
  publisher    = {{American Institute of Physics (AIP)}},
  series       = {{Applied Physics Letters}},
  title        = {{Early stages of spinodal decomposition in Fe-Cr resolved by in-situ small-angle neutron scattering}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4908250}},
  doi          = {{10.1063/1.4908250}},
  volume       = {{106}},
  year         = {{2015}},
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