2. Project Goal:
Extract Microstructure-Property-Process linkages in aging of Al6061
aluminum alloy through multi model experimental methods
Mechanical testing:
• Tensile testing
• Spherical indentation
Microscopy technique:
• SEM
• EBSD
• OM
4. Salient Microstructural Features
• Grain size, shape, and texture
• Constituent particle size, volume
fraction, distribution, and spacing
• Precipitate size, volume fraction,
and spacing
5. Grain Size, Shape, and Texture
Inverse pole figure map
An inverse pole figure shows the position of a sample direction relative to
the crystal reference frame. In terms of IPF map in EBSD, each color
represent three euler angle that transform the sample frame to the crystal
frame.
As-received sample
6. Grain size distribution
Grain size distribution is calculated based on equivalent diameter values.
The equivalent diameter is the diameter of a circle that gives the same
area as the one for that grain.
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12. Grain aspect ratio distribution
One measure of the shape of grains in EBSD scan is the aspect ratio. The
aspect ratio is defined as the length of the minor axis divided by the
length of the major axis and thus ranges from 0 to 1
a
b
Grain aspect ratio =
푏
푎
18. Texture
The full 3D representation of crystallographic texture is given by the
orientation distribution function (ODF). The ODF is defined as the volume
fraction of grains with a certain orientation g.
28. Particle Spacing- Chord length on matrix
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500
3
2
1
0
x 10
-4
Number of Pixels
Frequency
AR
400 F
525 F
650 F
775 F
29. 4
2
0
-2
-4
-6
-8
-10
-2 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1
x 10
-3
-12
x 10
-4
PC 1
PC 2
AR
400 F
525 F
650 F
775 F
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
-0.5
-1
-2 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1
x 10
-3
-1.5
x 10
-4
PC 1
PC 3
PCA on Chord Length
30. 0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
-0.2
-0.4
-0.6
-30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50
PC 1
PC 2
AR
400 F
525 F
650 F
775 F
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
-0.2
-0.4
-0.6
-0.8
-30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50
PC 1
PC 3
PCA on 2 point Stats
31. 0.6
0.4
0.2
0
-0.2
-0.4
-0.6
-50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
-0.2
-0.4
-0.6
-0.8
AR
400 F
525 F
650 F
775 F
PCA on 2 point Stats + Chord Length
-0.8
PC 1
PC 2
-50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30
PC 1
PC 3