EBSD characterization of the eutectic microstructure in hypoeutectic Fe-C and Fe-C-Si alloys
- Institute of Materials Science, Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, Gustav-Zeuner-Str. 5, 09599 Freiberg (Germany)
Highlights: • EBSD investigation of eutectic cementite and austenite in as-solidified low-alloy cast iron • Crystallographically independent growth of rapidly solidified cementite/austenite eutectic • Epitaxial growth of eutectic austenite from primary dendrites • Eutectic cementite and eutectoid ferrite frequently obey Bagaryatsky or Pitsch-Petch orientation relationship. - Abstract: Hypoeutectic Fe-C and Fe-C-Si model alloys were produced at different solidification conditions. Copper mold casting yields low cooling rates promoting the formation of a eutectic microstructure, which is characterized by two morphologies: elongated cementite plates and a rod structure growing perpendicular to the plates, i.e. austenite rods in a cementite matrix. Electron beam surface remelting generates a mainly plate-like eutectic due to rapid solidification. The microstructures were characterized by light-optical microscopy and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). The latter allows for a spatially resolved investigation of the growth crystallography of the eutectic phases. Thereby, a possible existence of crystallographic orientations relationships between cementite and austenite within the plate-like eutectic was assessed experimentally. The eutectic phases were found to grow largely crystallographically independently. Moreover, ferrite and eutectic cementite within the decomposed eutectic microstructure frequently comply with the Bagaryatsky or the Pitsch-Petch orientation relationship. Complementary X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis reveals a pronounced cementite {002} texture in the microstructure produced by mold casting. Characteristic changes in the lattice parameters indicate that as-cast cementite is non-stoichiometric.
- OSTI ID:
- 22804935
- Journal Information:
- Materials Characterization, Journal Name: Materials Characterization Vol. 138; ISSN 1044-5803; ISSN MACHEX
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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