Dataset for 'A new approach to SEM in-situ thermomechanical experiments through automation'

This is the dataset used in the following publication: A.D. Smith, D. Lunt, R. Thomas, M. Taylor, A. Davis, F. Martinez, A. Candeias, A. Gholinia, M. Preuss, J.M. Donoghue, A new approach to SEM in-situ thermomechanical experiments through automation, Ultramicroscopy. 114244. Contained in this Zenodo entry are datasets for the following case studies: Case Study 1 Slip activation in a titanium alloy during elastic-plastic transition DefDAP_analysis_notebook.ipynb: Jupyter notebook to load and correlate HRDIC and EBSD data DIC_DaVis_Export: HRDIC displacement data generated by LaVision DaVis EBSD: Pre-deformation EBSD data in CPR/CRC format SoftStrain_Data: Project file containing experiment definition, image montage at each deformation step and csv file containing experiment data (ie force, displacement) acquired every second Strain_Map_Images: Strain maps with overlaid grain boundaries for each deformation step Case Study 2 High Temperature EDS of an Aerospace Steel AZtec_Project: AZtec v6.1 oipx project file and assosciated data files EDS_Images: Cr, Mo and V EDS maps EDS_Images_PostTest: Post test electron image and Cr, Fe, Mo and V EDS maps FurnaSEM_Data: Project file containing experiment definition, images at each temperature and csv file containing experiment data (ie temperature) acquired every second Case Study 3 Multi-region EBSD mapping during deformation of a heterogeneous additively manufactured titanium component AZtec_Project: AZtec v6.1 oipx project file and assosciated data files Band_Contrast_Images: EBSD band contrast images for each DIC_DaVis_Export: HRDIC displacement data generated by LaVision DaVis EBSD_CTFs: EBSD data in CTF format for each region, for each deformation step SoftStrain_Data: Project file containing experiment definition, images for each zone at each deformation step and csv file containing experiment data (ie force, displacement) acquired every second Publication abstract: Experiments within the scanning electron microscope (SEM) are increasingly being carried out to observe microstructural evolutions under applied strain and/or temperature. In-situ experiments allow phenomena to be observed that would be missed during post-mortem analysis. However, in-situ experiments are traditionally limited by being very labour intensive with an operator required throughout, restricting experiments to what can be achieved within working hours. Here, we present a fully integrated, automated solution that can carry out complex experiments without user intervention. With this solution experiments can be programmed with specific experimental conditions such as strain and heating and cooling rates with a set of image acquisition parameters to track and collect data across statistically relevant regions. Three case studies are presented to demonstrate the solution’s flexibility: multi-region strain mapping during mechanical loading, chemical mapping of the dissolution and coarsening of phases at high temperature, and orientation mapping during mechanical loading to understand deformation and grain rotation.