Materials characterization by high energy
synchrotron radiation: welding
Ulrich Lienert (DESY)
BIR2Gain Lund, June 1, 2017
Swedish High Energy Materials Science Beamline
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Outline
> Spatial & temporal heterogeneities
Solidification morphology
Crystallographic phases (& chemical composition)
Strain/stress
Precipitation microstructure
> Experimental techniques
Imaging
SAXS
WAXS (angle & energy dispersive)
Pencil beam CT
> In-situ & post mortem experiments
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Imaging: in-situ radiography & post mortem tomography
> Initiation & growth kinetics of solidification cracking during welding of
steel
L. Aucott, et al., Sci. Rep. 7, 40255 (2017)
> ESRF, ID19
> Pink beam, 117 keV
> EN1A mild steel, 8x8x300mm3
> TIG welding
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Imaging: in-situ radiography
> Solidification 0.18 s
> 1kHz frame rate
> Cracks initiate trailing the
electrode, at weld subsurface
where peak volumetric strain &
triaxiality are localised
> Cracks propagate towards the
free surface along solidifying
grain boundaries
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Imaging: post mortem tomography (initiation)
> Initial micro-cavities 10-27 mm
> Flow of liquid metal to strain localized regions
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Imaging: post mortem tomography (propagation)
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HE-SAXS
> Contrast: electron density
> Particle size, shape, volume
fraction (form factor)
> Particle distribution
(structure factor)
> Combination with WAXS
> Resonant scattering
-> element specific
(Boldon et al. 2015)
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SAXS: post mortem precipitate microstructure mapping
> AA2050 Al-Li-Cu in T8 state after friction stir welding
> Precipitates: T1 platelets & clusters/GP zones
> ESRF, BM02-D2AM, E = 16.128 keV
> Sample: cross sectional 15 x 60 x 0.6 mm3
> Beam size: 200 x 200 mm2, 0.5 mm raster (3600 points)
> SAXS fitting model informed by TEM samples
60 mm
15
mm
F. De Geuser et al., Phil. Mag. 94 (2014) 1451-1462
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> Annealing: temperature most important parameter
> Good correlation with hardness measurements
Cluster radii
Cluster volume fraction
T1 precipitates: thickness
T1 precipitates: volume fractions
a.u
. Ǻ
SAXS: post mortem precipitate microstructure mapping
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XRD-CT
> “phase” reconstruction
> Reverse analysis
w y
x
Bleuet et al., Nature Materials 2008
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Pencil beam SAXS (& WAXS) CT
> J. Andersson (U. West), M. Fisk (Malmö U.), S. Haas & U. Lienert (DESY)
> Precipitation microstructure of Ni based superalloys in weldments
> Post heat treatment (at 788°C for 8h)
> APS, 1-ID, 80 keV, 200 mm resolution
> SAXS intensity at q = 0.125 nm-1
welding direction
HAZ
FZ
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Residual strain/stress mapping
> Bead-on-plate weldments (carbon steel AS/NZS 3678-250)
> APS 1-ID, 76.8 keV
Paradowska et al., J. Pressure Vessel Technol. (2010)
12 mm
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3D strain scanning
> Grain size variation (NiTi)
J.P. Oliveira et al., Mater. Design
2016
Base material HAZ Fusion zone
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Far-field single grain diffraction
> Positions & axial strain of 1118 Cu
grains before & after uniaxial
deformation
J. Odershedde et al., Mater. Charact. (2011)
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From strain to stress
> Lattice spacings
Relative to calibration powder
> Strain free lattice parameter: d0
Chemical composition, temperature
> Strain tensor
𝒏ℎ𝑘𝑙 ⋅ 𝝐 ⋅ 𝒏ℎ𝑘𝑙 =𝑑−𝑑0
𝑑0
Six independent components
Hydrostatic & deviatoric parts
> Elastic constants
4th rank tensor
anisotropy
Chemical composition, temperature
Orientation averaging (texture)
> Stress
𝜎𝑖𝑗 = 𝐶𝑖𝑗𝑘𝑙𝜀𝑘𝑙
2𝑑ℎ𝑘𝑙 sin 𝜃 = 𝜆
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WAXS: In-situ phase ID & strain evolution by EDXRD
> Low transformation temperature (LTT) weld filler material: In-situ local phase
transformation kinetics & strain evolution during gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW)
> ESRF, ID15, EDXRD, 5 Hz data rate
> LTT: 10% Cr-10 % Ni
> Base metal: S690Q (fine grained)
J. Gibmeier et al., J. Mater. Proc. Technol. (2014)
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Phase transformation kinetics
> Local martensite & austenite phase fractions &
transformation rates
> -peaks apparent for about 2.5 s
> Transient -peaks at high temperature & local
crystallographic textures during cooldown
> Continued martensite formation down to room
temperature: local chemical variations
> Ms increases away from weld surface:
Local demixing of LTT filler material
Local stress fields => deformation induced martensite
formation
Longitudinal
@ 3mm
From weld
surface
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Strain evolution
> Initially increasing tensile strains in –phase due
to CTE mismatch
> a’-phase longitudinal in compression
(constraint); transverse reduced tension =>
delayed martensitic transformation counteracts
the tensile thermal strain
3 mm from weld surface
Local longitudinal strain in a-phase
> Initial strain state of a’-phase depends on the
distance to the weld: Tensile close to the weld
surface & compressive towards the base metal
> Martensite transformation starts away from weld
surface. Progressively more tensile strains in the
-phase may influence the a’-formation.
> Increasing compressive strain with cooling due
to thermal mismatch
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FlexiStir (P07 HZG)
> In-situ friction stir welding
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Summary
> Fixed orientation: 2D projection; rotation: 3D
> Imaging
Contrast: electron density
Solidification morphology, voids
Resolution > 5 mm & > 10 ms
> SAXS
Contrast: electron density
Precipitates, porosity
Resolution < 1 mm & > 100 ms
> WAXS
Orientation contrast
Crystallographic phases, strain/stress
Resolution > 1 mm / 200 mm & 10 ms
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Swedish Beamline at PETRA III: Diffraction station
> TDR: petra3-extension.desy.de -> BEAMLINES -> P21
> First beam anticipated early 2018
P21.2: Ulrich Lienert, Sven Gutschmidt, Sylvio Haas, Thomas Bäcker