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Title: Proton Radiography Peers into Metal Solidification

Abstract

Historically, metals are cut up and polished to see the structure and to infer how processing influences the evolution. We can now peer into a metal during processing without destroying it using proton radiography. Understanding the link between processing and structure is important because structure profoundly affects the properties of engineering materials. Synchrotron x-ray radiography has enabled real-time glimpses into metal solidification. However, x-ray energies favor the examination of small volumes and low density metals. In this study, we use high energy proton radiography for the first time to image a large metal volume (>10,000 mm3) during melting and solidification. We also show complementary x-ray results from a small volume (<1mm3), bridging four orders of magnitude. In conclusion, real-time imaging will enable efficient process development and the control of the structure evolution to make materials with intended properties; it will also permit the development of experimentally informed, predictive structure and process models.

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  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  2. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  3. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1321731
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-13-24338
Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Scientific Reports
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; imaging techniques; metals and alloys; phase transitions and critical phenomena; structure of solids and liquids

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Clarke, Amy J., Imhoff, Seth D., Gibbs, Paul J., Cooley, Jason C., Morris, Christopher, Merrill, Frank E., Hollander, Brian J., Mariam, Fesseha G., Ott, Thomas J., Barker, Martha R., Tucker, Tim J., Lee, Wah-Keat, Fezzaa, Kamel, Deriy, Alex, Patterson, Brian M., Clarke, Kester D., Montalvo, Joel D., Field, Robert D., Thoma, Dan J., Smith, James L., and Teter, David F. Proton Radiography Peers into Metal Solidification. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.1038/srep02020.
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Clarke, Amy J., Imhoff, Seth D., Gibbs, Paul J., Cooley, Jason C., Morris, Christopher, Merrill, Frank E., Hollander, Brian J., Mariam, Fesseha G., Ott, Thomas J., Barker, Martha R., Tucker, Tim J., Lee, Wah-Keat, Fezzaa, Kamel, Deriy, Alex, Patterson, Brian M., Clarke, Kester D., Montalvo, Joel D., Field, Robert D., Thoma, Dan J., Smith, James L., & Teter, David F. Proton Radiography Peers into Metal Solidification. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep02020
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Clarke, Amy J., Imhoff, Seth D., Gibbs, Paul J., Cooley, Jason C., Morris, Christopher, Merrill, Frank E., Hollander, Brian J., Mariam, Fesseha G., Ott, Thomas J., Barker, Martha R., Tucker, Tim J., Lee, Wah-Keat, Fezzaa, Kamel, Deriy, Alex, Patterson, Brian M., Clarke, Kester D., Montalvo, Joel D., Field, Robert D., Thoma, Dan J., Smith, James L., and Teter, David F. Wed . "Proton Radiography Peers into Metal Solidification". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep02020. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1321731.
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@article{osti_1321731,
title = {Proton Radiography Peers into Metal Solidification},
author = {Clarke, Amy J. and Imhoff, Seth D. and Gibbs, Paul J. and Cooley, Jason C. and Morris, Christopher and Merrill, Frank E. and Hollander, Brian J. and Mariam, Fesseha G. and Ott, Thomas J. and Barker, Martha R. and Tucker, Tim J. and Lee, Wah-Keat and Fezzaa, Kamel and Deriy, Alex and Patterson, Brian M. and Clarke, Kester D. and Montalvo, Joel D. and Field, Robert D. and Thoma, Dan J. and Smith, James L. and Teter, David F.},
abstractNote = {Historically, metals are cut up and polished to see the structure and to infer how processing influences the evolution. We can now peer into a metal during processing without destroying it using proton radiography. Understanding the link between processing and structure is important because structure profoundly affects the properties of engineering materials. Synchrotron x-ray radiography has enabled real-time glimpses into metal solidification. However, x-ray energies favor the examination of small volumes and low density metals. In this study, we use high energy proton radiography for the first time to image a large metal volume (>10,000 mm3) during melting and solidification. We also show complementary x-ray results from a small volume (<1mm3), bridging four orders of magnitude. In conclusion, real-time imaging will enable efficient process development and the control of the structure evolution to make materials with intended properties; it will also permit the development of experimentally informed, predictive structure and process models.},
doi = {10.1038/srep02020},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = ,
volume = 3,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jun 19 00:00:00 EDT 2013},
month = {Wed Jun 19 00:00:00 EDT 2013}
}
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