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Investigation of Grain Boundary Migration in Situ by Synchrotron X-Ray Topography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

C. L. Bauer ,
J. Gastaldi ,
C. Jourdan  and
G. Grange
C. L. Bauer
Affiliation:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
J. Gastaldi
Affiliation:
Centre de Recherche sur les Mecanismes de la Croissance Cristalline, 13288 Marseille, France
C. Jourdan
Affiliation:
Centre de Recherche sur les Mecanismes de la Croissance Cristalline, 13288 Marseille, France
G. Grange
Affiliation:
Centre de Recherche sur les Mecanismes de la Croissance Cristalline, 13288 Marseille, France
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Abstract

Grain boundary migration has been investigated in prestrained monocrystalline specimens of aluminum in situ, continuously and at temperatures ranging from 415 to 610°C by synchrotron (polychromatic) x-ray topography (SXRT). In general, new (recrystallized) grains nucleate at prepositioned surface indentations and expand into the prestrained matrix, revealing complex evolution of crystallographic facets and occasional generation of (screw) dislocations in the wake of the moving boundaries. Analysis of corresponding migration rates for several faceted grain boundaries yields activation energies ranging from 56 to 125 kCal/mole, depending on grain boundary character. it is concluded that grain boundary mobility is a sensitive function of grain boundary inclination, resulting in ultimate survival of low-mobility (faceted) inclinations as a natural consequence of growth selection. Advantages and disadvantages associated with measurement of grain boundary migration by SXRT are enumerated and corresponding results are interpreted in terms of fundamental relationships between grain boundary structure and corresponding migration kinetics.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 143: Symposium V – Synchrotron Radiation in Materials Research , 1988 , 247
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1989

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