Royce Training: Advanced EBSD Characterisation of Alloys

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Hosted by the Henry Royce Institute, The University of Manchester

Overview

This course will provide an introduction to advanced electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) technique in alloy imaging and characterisation.

It will also provide an overview of the state-of-the-art facilities hosted by Royce at The University of Manchester, and other kit located with Royce partners. Routes to accessing Royce EBSD facilities will also be highlighted.

Tickets will be on sale for £30.

Audience:

Any researcher or industrialist looking to perform advanced EBSD analysis on alloys. Some familiarity with the technique and running EBSD experiments is desirable (it’s not meant as a basic introduction).

Aims:

Provide introduction to the development of the EBSD technique and state-of-the-art facilities available.

Highlight new advances in capability, including in-situ EBSD.

Introduce the HR-EBSD technique and its application to alloys.

Provide hands-on experience of using Aztec Crystal to perform quantitative analyses of microstructure and parent grain reconstruction.

The focus will be on Oxford Instruments / Aztec capability.

Outcomes for Attendees:

An increased appreciation of how EBSD (and associated state-of-the-art techniques) work, and how they can be applied to study alloys.

Experience using software to interrogate advanced EBSD datasets.

Opportunity for community building interactions, including troubleshooting and tips.

Programme

09:30	Arrival for 10:00 start	Refreshments provided
10:00 – 10:10	Welcome and Introduction	Dr Ed Pickering Dr Jack Donoghue
10:10-10:35	Intro to EBSD development, including history, required apparatus (detectors, etc)	Dr Ali Gholinia
10:35 – 10:55	State of the art capabilities, including Royce facilities	Dr Jack Donoghue
10:55-11:20	Texture and EBSD: IPFs, ODFs, etc	Dr Xiaohan Zeng
11:20– 11:45	Introduction to HR-EBSD	Dr Abdo Koko
11:45-12:05	In-situ EBSD studies: capabilities and considerations	Dr Albert Smith
12:05-12:20	Introduction to Oxford Instruments Near-Axis Transmission Kikuchi Diffraction	Dr Mark Coleman
12:20 – 13:05	Lunch + networking
13:05 – 16:15	Hands-on exercises and experiences (attendees split between four groups to rotate between computer cluster and in-person demos) Computer cluster activities: New features in Aztec Crystal and particle analysis (30 mins) $~$ Reconstruction of parent grains using Aztec Crystal (20 mins) $~$ Map Sweeper (OI’s dictionary based indexing solution) (20 mins) $~$ In-person demos: In-situ EBSD 3D EBSD	Dr Mark Coleman Dr Ed Pickering Dr Ali Gholinia Dr Jack Donoghue Dr Albert Smith
16:15	Wrap up and finish	Dr Ed Pickering