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 £25.
Audience
This course is suitable for materials science researchers in academia or industry looking to perform advanced EBSD analysis on alloys. It is especially relevant to metallurgy PhD students new to the technique, or established researchers needing to use EBSD for the first time. Established users may also gain insights into new approaches and benefit from contributing to community best practice.
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.
Learning outcomes
- 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
Organisers
- Andrea Izquierdo- Royce
- Ed Pickering – The University of Manchester
- Jack Donoghue – The University of Manchester
Speakers
- Ed Pickering – The University of Manchester
- Jack Donoghue – The University of Manchester
- Kim Larsen – Oxford Instruments
- Abdo Koko – NPL
- Mark Taylor – The University of Manchester
- Ali Gholinia – The University of Manchester
- Albert Smith – The University of Manchester
- Xiaohan Zeng – The University of Manchester