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A Study of the Crystal Structure of the Fine S-Phase Precipitate in Al-Cu-Mg Alloy by Electron Diffraction Experiments

전자회절실험에 의한 알루미늄 합금 (Al-Cu-Mg)의 미세 S-상 석출입자에 대한 결정구조 연구

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  • Published : 2005.12.01
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Abstract

In this paper it is reported that a comprehensive study of the crystal structure of the fine size S-phase ($Al_2CuMg$) precipitate in Al-Cu-Mg alloy by electron diffraction experiments. The experiments involve taking the selected area diffraction pattern for a S-phase particle, simulations of the pattern based on the kinematical diffraction theory and quantitative data collection from the zone axis diffraction patterns for the comparison with calculated diffraction intensity using both the kinematical and the dynamical diffraction theory. As a result, a good fitting model of the S-phase structure turns out to be the model reported early by X-ray methods (Perlitz & Westgren, 1943), not the new model determined by HRTEM methods (Radmilovic et al., 1999).

이 논문에서 Al-Cu-Mg 합금의 미세 석출 입자의 S-상 ($Al_2CuMg$) 결정구조에 대해 전자회절실험에 의한 포괄적인 연구 결과가 보고 되어 있다. 이 실험에는 한 S-상 입자를 포함하는 최소 영역의 일정 zone축의 회절패턴(SAED) 관찰과 이에 대응되는 운동학적 이론을 기초로 한 패턴의 시물레이션과의 비교 분석, 그리고 관측된 회절 패턴 필름으로부터 각 Bragg회절 점의 강도의 정량적 데이터 추출과 운동학적 및 동역학적 회절 강도 계산과의 비교 검토의 과정을 포함하고 있다. 이러한 연구의 한 결과 S-상의 결정구조는 일찍이 X-ray 방법으로부터 얻은 PW 모델결정(Perlitz and Westgren, 1943)과 일치함을 보여주고 있고, HREM 방법에 의해 새로이 구한 RaVel (Radmilovic et al., 1999) 모델과는 전혀 맞지않음이 판명되었다.

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