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Title: Method for improving x-ray diffraction determinations of residual stress in nickel-base alloys

Abstract

A process for improving the technique of measuring residual stress by x-ray diffraction in pieces of nickel-base alloys is discussed. Part of a predetermined area of the surface of a nickel-base alloy is covered with a dispersion. This exposes the covered and uncovered portions of the surface of the alloy to x-rays by way of an x-ray diffractometry apparatus, making x-ray diffraction determinations of the exposed surface, and measuring the residual stress in the alloy based on these determinations. The dispersion is opaque to x-rays and serves a dual purpose, since it masks off unsatisfactory signals such that only a small portion of the surface is measured, and it supplies an internal standard by providing diffractogram peaks comparable to the peaks of the nickel alloy so that the alloy peaks can be very accurately located regardless of any sources of error external to the sample. 2 figs.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory (BAPL), West Mifflin, PA (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
6361577
Patent Number(s):
7186422
Application Number:
ON: DE89009593
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61K - PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES
DOE Contract Number:  
AC11-76PN00014
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; NICKEL BASE ALLOYS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; MEASURING METHODS; SURFACES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ALLOYS; COHERENT SCATTERING; DIFFRACTION; NICKEL ALLOYS; SCATTERING; STRESSES; 360103* - Metals & Alloys- Mechanical Properties; 656002 - Condensed Matter Physics- General Techniques in Condensed Matter- (1987-)

Citation Formats

Berman, R. M., and Cohen, I. Method for improving x-ray diffraction determinations of residual stress in nickel-base alloys. United States: N. p., 1988. Web.
Berman, R. M., & Cohen, I. Method for improving x-ray diffraction determinations of residual stress in nickel-base alloys. United States.
Berman, R. M., and Cohen, I. Tue . "Method for improving x-ray diffraction determinations of residual stress in nickel-base alloys". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6361577.
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abstractNote = {A process for improving the technique of measuring residual stress by x-ray diffraction in pieces of nickel-base alloys is discussed. Part of a predetermined area of the surface of a nickel-base alloy is covered with a dispersion. This exposes the covered and uncovered portions of the surface of the alloy to x-rays by way of an x-ray diffractometry apparatus, making x-ray diffraction determinations of the exposed surface, and measuring the residual stress in the alloy based on these determinations. The dispersion is opaque to x-rays and serves a dual purpose, since it masks off unsatisfactory signals such that only a small portion of the surface is measured, and it supplies an internal standard by providing diffractogram peaks comparable to the peaks of the nickel alloy so that the alloy peaks can be very accurately located regardless of any sources of error external to the sample. 2 figs.},
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