In this work, we investigated experimentally the various factors influencing the extraction of indentation stress-strain curves from spherical nanoindentation on metal samples using two different tip radii. In particular, we focused on the effects of (i) the surface preparation techniques used, (ii) the presence of a surface oxide layer, and (iii) the occurrence of pop-ins at the elastic-plastic transition on our newly developed data analysis methods for extracting reliable indentation stress-strain curves. Rough mechanical polishing was shown to introduce a large scatter in the measured indentation yield strengths, whereas electropolishing or vibropolishing produced consistent results reflective of the pristine sample. The data analysis techniques used were able to discard the portions of the raw data affected by a thin oxide layer, present on most metal surfaces, and yield reasonable indentation stress-strain curves. Experiments with different indenter tip radii on annealed and cold-worked samples indicated that pop-ins are caused by delayed nucleation of dislocations in the sample under the indenter.
Electron Back-Scatter Diffraction (EBSD) is a powerful technique that
captures electron diffraction patterns from crystals, constituents of
material. Captured patterns can then be used to determine grain morphology,
crystallographic orientation and chemistry of present phases, which provide
complete characterization of microstructure and strong correlation to both
properties and performance of materials. Key milestones related to
technological developments of EBSD technique have been outlined along with
possible applications using modern EBSD system. Principles of crystal
diffraction with description of crystallographic orientation, orientation
determination and phase identification have been described. Image quality,
resolution and speed, and system calibration have also been discussed. Sample
preparation methods were reviewed and EBSD application in conjunction with
other characterization techniques on a variety of materials has been
presented for several case studies. In summary, an outlook for EBSD technique
was provided.
A processing route has been developed for recovering the desired k fiber in iron-silicon electrical steel needed for superior magnetic properties in electric motor application. The k fiber texture is available in directionally solidified iron-silicon steel with the 001 h i columnar grains but was lost after heavy rolling and recrystallization required for motor laminations. Two steps of light rolling each followed by recrystallization were found to largely restore the desired fiber texture. This strengthening of the 001 h i fiber texture had been predicted on the basis of the straininduced boundary migration (SIBM) mechanism during recrystallization of lightly rolled steel from existing grains of near the ideal orientation, due to postulated low stored energies. Taylor and finite element models supported the idea of the low stored energy of the k fiber grains. The models also showed that the k fiber grains, though unstable during rolling, only rotated away from their initial orientations quite slowly.
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