Symposium: 3D materials characterization at all length scales and its applications to iron and steel

3D materials characterization at all length scales and its applications to iron and steel

  • Date: Aug 29, 2017
  • Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
  • Room: Seminar Room 1
  • Host: Dr. Stefan Zaefferer / Dr. Thomas Griffiths
  • Contact: t.a.griffiths@mpie.de
Symposium: 3D materials characterization at all length scales and its applications to iron and steel
The atomic and micro-scale structures of most materials are 3D, but a lack of tools for experimental 3D investigation of materials has limited most published research, including simulation and modelling, to 2D datasets. In the 21st century this situation has changed significantly. New 3D characterization and modelling methods are generating powerful insights into materials properties and microstructure formation on all length scales.

In our symposium we will introduce some major experimental and theoretical tools for 3-dimensional materials characterization and discuss their potentials, applications and limits. Alongside these we will present a number of results emphasising the combination of theoretical and experimental characterization in 3D, as well as discussing how the iron and steel industry can use 3D characterisation in the future. 

Among the experimental techniques to be discussed will be 3D atom probe tomography, 3D TEM, 3D EBSD and ECCI, and 3D synchrotron diffraction. On the modelling side we will present ab-initio calculation, molecular dynamics, and 3D crystal plasticity calculations. Important practical research examples from deformation and phase transformation, as well as grain boundary and dislocation structures of steels, will demonstrate the effectiveness of combining 3D experimental and theoretical tools.

Places are limited, so if you would like to attend, please register before August 4th 2017 using the Registration link at the left side of the page. Attendance is free and includes 2 coffee breaks and a buffet lunch. Participation in a lab tour and an after-symposium dinner (partially subsidised) can be reserved when registering.

Short schedule so you can plan transport

  • Opening: 9:00
  • First talk starts: 9:10
  • (2 coffee breaks and a lunch break between talks)
  • Last talk ends: 17:00
  • Lab tours: one hour duration, between 17:00 and 19:00
  • Dinner: from ca. 19:00
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