Analysis of Microstructure Using Thermoelectric Diagnostics for Non-Destructive Evaluation of Materials
- Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, 80401 (United States)
Measurements of Thermoelectric power (TEP) were used to evaluate microstructural analysis in HSLA steel weldments and retained austenite volume fraction for TRIP steel. First, the measurements of TEP for weld microstructure across weldment have shown good correlation with hardness profile. The different TEP values indicated that changes in weld microstructure can be correlated with TEP values measured. Second, it was demonstrated that retained austenite volume fraction were well correlated to TEP measurements for transformation induced plasticity (TRIP) steels. The results suggest that TEP measurements can be correlated to retained austenite volume fraction for TRIP steels, which do not have same chemical composition and thermal heat treatment processes. The retained austenite volume fraction also was measured by X-ray diffraction (XRD) method. With the introduction of these advanced TEP coefficient measurement techniques, the welding and steel industry will be using analytical tools similar to those instruments applied in the semiconductor industry.
- OSTI ID:
- 20655336
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 760, Issue 1; Conference: Conference on review of progress in quantitative nondestructive evaluation, Golden, CO (United States), 25-30 Jul 2004; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.1916823; (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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