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Precipitation induced by ion beam thinning
Author(s) -
Njegic A.,
Williams D. B.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of microscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2818
pISSN - 0022-2720
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2818.1981.tb02473.x
Subject(s) - thinning , precipitation , materials science , ion , lithium (medication) , aluminium , ion beam , electron microscope , beam (structure) , focused ion beam , cathode ray , scanning electron microscope , composite material , optics , electron , chemistry , nuclear physics , physics , meteorology , medicine , ecology , organic chemistry , biology , endocrinology
SUMMARY Ion beam thinning of aluminium–lithium alloys under conventional conditions required to produce electron microscope thin foils is shown to induce significant microstructural changes, equivalent to heating the specimen in excess of ∼400 K.