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Helmut Hoven, Karl Koizlik, Hubertus Nickel
Nuclear Technology | Volume 66 | Number 1 | July 1984 | Pages 127-138
B. Structural Characterization of Microstructure and Matallographical Aspect | Status of Metallic Materials Development for Application in Advanced High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor / Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT84-A33461
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Heat-resistant metallic materials for use in high-temperature gas-cooled reactors are nickel- or iron-base, solid-solution-strengthened, or age-hardened alloys. To control the material behavior and to adapt it to realistic load conditions, they have to be tested and characterized. During recent years, interference layer metallography has become an independent characterization procedure as well as an outstanding method for sample preparation for the application of quantitative image analysis to these refractory alloys. The special problems of characterization of nickel- and iron-base alloys that can now be solved by interference layer metallography and its physical backround are reported. Chromatic contrasting and the subsequent phase analysis by way of the example of three common alloys are discussed. Finally, the optimization of interference layer metallography for application in quantitative image analysis is described.
