In this paper we compare various microscopy methods which are used to characterize Cu-rich precipitates in pressure-vessel steels. EELS and EDX mapping is found to reveal Cu-rich precipitates of sizes greater than about 1–2 nm, both those with the bcc structure, which are coherent with the ferrite matrix, and incoherent transformed precipitates. This allows a direct comparison with results from 3DAP, which so far has been the only way to image such ultra-fine Cu-rich clusters. In HREM images only incoherent precipitates which have transformed to a twinned 9R structure are seen. A comparison is made of precipitate number densities and sizes as measured by EELS and EDX mapping, 3DAP and HREM.
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Lozano-Perez, S., Sha, G., Titchmarsh, J.M. et al. Comparison of the number densities of nanosized Cu-rich precipitates in ferritic alloys measured using EELS and EDX mapping, HREM and 3DAP. J Mater Sci 41, 2559–2565 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-006-7768-0
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