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Materials Science Learning Center

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Metals analysis webinars

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A Novel SEM-EDS Approach for Material Failure Analysis Webinar


Learn from our experts about an innovative SEM-EDS technology that enhances the speed and simplicity of failure analysis, illustrated through automotive metals and refractory ceramic industry case studies. Incorporate this technique into your materials science and engineering arsenal to address the growing complexity of materials.

Metals analysis videos

Additional metals analysis learning resources

Automated SEM-EDS analysis and phase mapping of complex oxide-sulfide-nitride inclusions in steel

Automated feature analysis has been integrated with Thermo Scientific Axia ChemiSEM. Collect an image, spectrum and sizing for features that can be distinguished from the background image. Steel inclusions are shown here with overlapping oxides, sulfides and nitrides.  

Distinguishing the unique components of composite materials with ChemiPhase Analysis Software

Live, quantitative phase analysis can replace manual EDS spot analysis. Additively manufactured aluminum and titanium alloys, and refractory oxide grains are shown in detail with ChemiPhase analysis.

Automated SEM analysis of intermetallic particles in aluminum

Aluminum alloy 6000-series is used for automotive panels. Intermetallic particles, which can hinder deformation, are studied by automated SEM in base and Ni-added alloys. 

Metal characterization application notes

Additional transmission electron microscope publications

Nanoscale origins of the oriented precipitation of Ti3Al in Ti\Al systems

Hao Wu, Guohua Fan, Lin Geng, Xiping Cui, Meng Huang

Effect of heat treatments on microstructural evolution of additively manufactured and wrought 17-4PH stainless steel

Yu Sun, Rainer J. Hebert, Mark Aindow

Coherency strains of H-phase precipitates and their influence on functional properties of nickel-titanium-hafnium shape memory alloys

Behnam Amin-Ahmadi,⁎, Joseph G. Pauza, Ali Shamimi, Tom W. Duerig, Ronald D. Noebe, Aaron P. Stebner

Effect of laser scan length on the microstructure of additively manufactured 17-4PH stainless steel thin-walled parts

Yu Sun, Rainer J. Hebert, Mark Aindow

Non-metallic inclusions in 17-4PH stainless steel parts produced by selective laser melting

Yu Sun, Rainer J. Hebert, Mark Aindow

FIB-SEM publications

Formation of White Etching Areas in SAE 52100 Bearing Steel under Rolling Contact Fatigue − Influence of Diffusible Hydrogen
Joachim Mayer, RWTH Aachen

M. Oezel, A. Schwedt, T. Janitzky, R. Kelley, C.Bouchet-Marquis, L. Pullan, C. Broeckmann, J. Mayer
Wear, Volumes 414-415, November 2018, Pages 352-365.

Industrial Gear Oils: Tribological Performance and Subsurface Changes
Philip Withers, University of Manchester

Aduragbemi Adebogun, Robert Hudson, Angela Breakspear, Chris Warrens, Ali Gholinia, Allan Matthews, Philip Withers Tribology Letters (2018) 66:65.

Insight into atmospheric pitting corrosion of carbon steel via a dual-beam FIB/SEM system associated with high-resolution TEM
Jun Tan, Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science
Corrosion Science 152 (2019) 226–233.
Micro-tensile strength of a welded turbine disc superalloy
Yu-Lung Chiu, University of Birmingham
K.M. Oluwasegun, C.Cooper, Y.L.Chiu, I.P.Jones, H.Y.Li, G.Baxter
Materials Science & Engineering A 596 (2014) 229–235.
Application of Plasma FIB to Analyze a Single Oxide Inclusion in Steel
Chris Pistorius, Carnegie Mellon University
D. Kumar, N.T. Nuhfer, M.E. Ferreira and P.C. Pistorius

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, Volume 50B, June 2019, Pages 1124-1127.

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