Comparison of EBSD and conventional methods of grain size measurement of hardmetals

International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 213-223

  Mingard, K P ^a,b   Roebuck, B ^a   Bennett, E G ^a   Gee, M G ^a   Nordenstrom, H ^b   Sweetman, G ^b   Chan, P ^b  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b AB Sandvik Hard Materials   (Sweden)

Author keywords

EBSD; Grain size distribution; Grain size measurement; Hardmetals

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; DATA HANDLING; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HYBRID MATERIALS; LIGHT; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS; BOUNDARY POSITIONS; CHARACTERISATION; CO PHASE; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DATA ANALYSIS; EBSD; EBSD METHODS; ELECTRON BACK-SCATTERING DIFFRACTIONS; EQUIVALENT DIAMETERS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GRAIN SIZE MEASUREMENT; GRAIN SIZES; HARDMETALS; INTERCEPT METHODS; LIGHT MICROSCOPES; MEAN VALUES; MULTI-PHASE MATERIALS; OPTICAL TECHNIQUES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC; SEM IMAGES; SMALL GRAINS; SMALL SIZES; WC GRAIN SIZES;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

EID: 59649117319     PISSN: 02634368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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