Characterization of Large Grain Nb Ingot Microstructure Using OIM and Laue Methods [electronic resource].
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- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Science, 2011.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Additional Creators:
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (U.S.), United States. Department of Energy. Office of Science, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Summary:
- Large grain niobium is being examined for fabricating superconducting radiofrequency cavities as an alternative to using rolled sheet with fine grains. It is desirable to know the grain orientations of a niobium ingot slice before fabrication, as this allows heterogeneous strain and surface roughness effects arising from etching to be anticipated. Characterization of grain orientations has been done using orientation imaging microscopy (OIM), which requires destructive extraction of pieces from an ingot slice. Use of a Laue camera allows nondestructive characterization of grain orientations, a process useful for evaluating slices and deformation during the manufacturing process. Five ingot slices from CBMM, Ningxia, and Heraeus are compared. One set of slices was deformed into a half cell and the deformation processes that cause crystal rotations have been investigated and compared with analytical predictions. The five ingot slices are compared in terms of their grain orientations and grain boundary misorientations, indicating no obvious commonalities, which suggests that grain orientations develop randomly during solidification.
- Report Numbers:
- E 1.99:jlab-acc-11-1455
E 1.99: doe/or/23177-2414
doe/or/23177-2414
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- Published through SciTech Connect.
07/01/2011.
"jlab-acc-11-1455"
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SRF 2011, July 25-29, 2011, Chicago, IL.
D. Kang, D.C. Baars, T.R. Bieler, G. Cio. - Funding Information:
- AC05-06OR23177
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