Recent results are presented demonstrating the application of cross-sectional analytical transmission electron microscopy (ATEM) to corrosion and cracking in high-temperature water environments. Microstructural, chemical and crystallographic characterization of buried interfaces at near-atomic resolutions is shown to reveal evidence for unexpected local environments, corrosion reactions and material transformations. Information obtained by a wide variety of high-resolution imaging and analysis methods indicates the processes occurring during crack advance and provides insights into the mechanisms controlling environmental degradation.
Revised: April 30, 2009 |
Published: July 1, 2001
Citation
Bruemmer S.M., and L.E. Thomas. 2001.High-Resolution Analytical Electron Microscopy Characterization of Corrosion and Cracking at Buried Interfaces.Surface and Interface Analysis 31, no. 7:571-81.PNNL-SA-33979.