Abstract
We report the first combined atom-probe tomography (APT) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) study of a kamacite–tetrataenite (K–T) interface region within an iron meteorite, Bristol (IVA). Ten APT nanotips were prepared from the K–T interface with focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM) and then studied using TEM followed by APT. Near the K-T interface, we found 3.8 ± 0.5 wt% Ni in kamacite and 53.4 ± 0.5 wt% Ni in tetrataenite. High-Ni precipitate regions of the cloudy zone (CZ) have 50.4 ± 0.8 wt% Ni. A region near the CZ and martensite interface has <10 nm sized Ni-rich precipitates with 38.4 ± 0.7 wt% Ni present within a low-Ni matrix having 25.5 ± 0.6 wt% Ni. We found that Cu is predominantly concentrated in tetrataenite, whereas Co, P, and Cr are concentrated in kamacite. Phosphorus is preferentially concentrated along the K-T interface. This study is the first precise measurement of the phase composition at high spatial resolution and in 3-D of the K-T interface region in a IVA iron meteorite and furthers our knowledge of the phase composition changes in a fast-cooled iron meteorite below 400 °C. We demonstrate that APT in conjunction with TEM is a useful approach to study the major, minor, and trace elemental composition of nanoscale features within fast-cooled iron meteorites.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2707-2729 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | Meteoritics and Planetary Science |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1 2017 |
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Atom-probe tomography and transmission electron microscopy of the kamacite–taenite interface in the fast-cooled Bristol IVA iron meteorite. / Rout, Surya S.; Heck, Philipp R.; Isheim, Dieter; Stephan, Thomas; Zaluzec, Nestor J.; Miller, Dean J.; Davis, Andrew M.; Seidman, David N.
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T1 - Atom-probe tomography and transmission electron microscopy of the kamacite–taenite interface in the fast-cooled Bristol IVA iron meteorite
AU - Rout, Surya S.
AU - Heck, Philipp R.
AU - Isheim, Dieter
AU - Stephan, Thomas
AU - Zaluzec, Nestor J.
AU - Miller, Dean J.
AU - Davis, Andrew M.
AU - Seidman, David N
PY - 2017/12/1
Y1 - 2017/12/1
N2 - We report the first combined atom-probe tomography (APT) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) study of a kamacite–tetrataenite (K–T) interface region within an iron meteorite, Bristol (IVA). Ten APT nanotips were prepared from the K–T interface with focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM) and then studied using TEM followed by APT. Near the K-T interface, we found 3.8 ± 0.5 wt% Ni in kamacite and 53.4 ± 0.5 wt% Ni in tetrataenite. High-Ni precipitate regions of the cloudy zone (CZ) have 50.4 ± 0.8 wt% Ni. A region near the CZ and martensite interface has <10 nm sized Ni-rich precipitates with 38.4 ± 0.7 wt% Ni present within a low-Ni matrix having 25.5 ± 0.6 wt% Ni. We found that Cu is predominantly concentrated in tetrataenite, whereas Co, P, and Cr are concentrated in kamacite. Phosphorus is preferentially concentrated along the K-T interface. This study is the first precise measurement of the phase composition at high spatial resolution and in 3-D of the K-T interface region in a IVA iron meteorite and furthers our knowledge of the phase composition changes in a fast-cooled iron meteorite below 400 °C. We demonstrate that APT in conjunction with TEM is a useful approach to study the major, minor, and trace elemental composition of nanoscale features within fast-cooled iron meteorites.
AB - We report the first combined atom-probe tomography (APT) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) study of a kamacite–tetrataenite (K–T) interface region within an iron meteorite, Bristol (IVA). Ten APT nanotips were prepared from the K–T interface with focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM) and then studied using TEM followed by APT. Near the K-T interface, we found 3.8 ± 0.5 wt% Ni in kamacite and 53.4 ± 0.5 wt% Ni in tetrataenite. High-Ni precipitate regions of the cloudy zone (CZ) have 50.4 ± 0.8 wt% Ni. A region near the CZ and martensite interface has <10 nm sized Ni-rich precipitates with 38.4 ± 0.7 wt% Ni present within a low-Ni matrix having 25.5 ± 0.6 wt% Ni. We found that Cu is predominantly concentrated in tetrataenite, whereas Co, P, and Cr are concentrated in kamacite. Phosphorus is preferentially concentrated along the K-T interface. This study is the first precise measurement of the phase composition at high spatial resolution and in 3-D of the K-T interface region in a IVA iron meteorite and furthers our knowledge of the phase composition changes in a fast-cooled iron meteorite below 400 °C. We demonstrate that APT in conjunction with TEM is a useful approach to study the major, minor, and trace elemental composition of nanoscale features within fast-cooled iron meteorites.
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JO - Meteoritics and Planetary Science
JF - Meteoritics and Planetary Science
SN - 1086-9379
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