Optimisation of specimen temperature and pulse fraction in atom probe microscopy experiments on a microalloyed steel

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 648-651

  Yao, L ^a   Cairney, J M ^a   Zhu, C ^a   Ringern, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atom probe; Experimental conditions; Instrumentation; Microalloyed steels

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; MICROALLOYING; PROBES; STEEL METALLOGRAPHY;

ATOM PROBE; ATOM PROBE MICROSCOPIES; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; INSTRUMENTAL PARAMETERS; INSTRUMENTATION; MICRO-ALLOYED STEELS; SPECIMEN TEMPERATURE;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

MICROALLOYED STEEL; STEEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ATOM PROBE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DESORPTION; DISPERSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY; PULSE FRACTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80052544152     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: 18792723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2010.12.032     Document Type: Article

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