Quantitative Comparison of the Void Distribution in a beta '-Phase Ni-Al-In Alloy Using X-Ray Small-Angle Scattering and Transmission-Electron Microscopy

摘要

Small-angle scattering is a rather mature discipline which can yield valuable information on the size, amount, and distribution of inhomogeneities encountered in materials-science research. Methods have been publisheed which permit one to extend the standard analysis of data from a small-angle-scattering experiment to include determination of the distribution of particle sizes. This extended analysis has been carried out for voids in a beta '-phase Ni-Al-In alloy, and, in order to assess the reliability of the procedure, the identical void distribution as been characterized by transmission-electron microscopy. A quantitative comparison is made of the results from thses two independent experiments, and the general performance of the Brill-Schmidt method for particle-size determinations is discussed. 6 figures, 1 table. (ERA citation 08:021047)