Standard Practice for Assessing the Degree of Banding or Orientation of Microstructures

Importancia y uso:

5.1 This practice is used to assess the nature and extent of banding or orientation of microstructures of metals and other materials where deformation and processing produce a banded or oriented condition.

5.2 Banded or oriented microstructures can arise in single phase, two phase or multiphase metals and materials. The appearance of the orientation or banding is influenced by processing factors such as the solidification rate, the extent of segregation, the degree of hot or cold working, the nature of the deformation process used, the heat treatments, and so forth.

5.3 Microstructural banding or orientation influence the uniformity of mechanical properties determined in various test directions with respect to the deformation direction.

5.4 The stereological methods can be applied to measure the nature and extent of microstructural banding or orientation for any metal or material. The microindentation hardness test procedure should only be used to determine the difference in hardness in banded heat-treated metals, chiefly steels.

5.5 Isolated segregation may also be present in an otherwise reasonably homogeneous microstructure. Stereological methods are not suitable for measuring individual features, instead use standard measurement procedures to define the feature size. The microindentation hardness method may be used for such structures.

5.6 Results from these test methods may be used to qualify material for shipment in accordance with guidelines agreed upon between purchaser and manufacturer, for comparison of different manufacturing processes or process variations, or to provide data for structure-property-behavior studies.

Subcomité:

E04.14

Referida por:

E0003-11R17, A0354-17E02, G0209-14R22, E0003-11R17, E0003-11R17, E0003-11R17, E0384-22

Volúmen:

03.01

Número ICS:

07.030 (Physics. Chemistry)

Palabras clave:

anisotropy index; banding; banding rate; feature interceptions; feature intersections; microindention hardness; orientation; steel; stereology;