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A Model Ni–Al–Mo Superalloy Studied by Ultraviolet Pulsed-Laser-Assisted Local-Electrode Atom-Probe Tomography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2015

Yiyou Tu ,
Elizaveta Y. Plotnikov  and
David N. Seidman
Yiyou Tu
Affiliation:
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Jiyin Road, Jiangning District, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211189, China Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 2220 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208-3108, USA
Elizaveta Y. Plotnikov
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 2220 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208-3108, USA
David N. Seidman*
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 2220 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208-3108, USA Northwestern University Center for Atom-Probe Tomography (NUCAPT), 2220 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208-3108, USA
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*Corresponding author.d-seidman@northwestern.edu
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Abstract

This study investigates the effects of the charge-state ratio of evaporated ions on the accuracy of local-electrode atom-probe (LEAP) tomographic compositional and structural analyses, which employs a picosecond ultraviolet pulsed laser. Experimental results demonstrate that the charge-state ratio is a better indicator of the best atom-probe tomography (APT) experimental conditions compared with laser pulse energy. The thermal tails in the mass spectra decrease significantly, and the mass resolving power (m/Δm) increases by 87.5 and 185.7% at full-width half-maximum and full-width tenth-maximum, respectively, as the laser pulse energy is increased from 5 to 30 pJ/pulse. The measured composition of this alloy depends on the charge-state ratio of the evaporated ions, and the most accurate composition is obtained when Ni2+/Ni+ is in the range of 0.3–20. The γ(f.c.c.)/γ'(L12) interface is quantitatively more diffuse when determined from the measured concentration profiles for higher laser pulse energies. Conclusions of the APT compositional and structural analyses utilizing the same suitable charge-state ratio are more comparable than those collected with the same laser pulse energy.

Keywords

atom-probe tomographyultraviolet pulsed lasernickel-based superalloypreferential field evaporation behaviormass-resolving power
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Materials Applications
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , April 2015 , pp. 480 - 490
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© Microscopy Society of America 2015 

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