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Ion beam milling prepares micron-size single crystal.(PROCESS TECHNOLOGY)
Advanced Materials & Processes, April, 2006
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A method for characterizing the single-crystal properties of aerospace alloys by testing micron-size specimens has been developed by scientists from the Air Force Research Laboratory, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, and General Electric Aircraft Engines. The research team based the new characterization method on focused ion beam (FIB) microscopy and a commercially available nanoindentation-based test instrument.
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The technique is based on FIB milling, which isolates and prepares single-crystal samples from individual grains of a conventionally processed ...
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