Grain misorientations in partially molten olivine aggregates: an electron backscatter diffraction study
Grain misorientations in partially molten olivine aggregates: an electron backscatter diffraction study
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部分熔融橄榄石聚集体中的晶粒取向错误:电子背散射衍射研究
DOI:
10.1007/s002690050176
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发表时间:
1999
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
J. F. Fitz Gerald
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作者:
U. Faul;J. F. Fitz Gerald
Abstract In polycrystalline aggregates of olivine with mean grain sizes above 35 μm plus a low basaltic melt fraction, both wetted and melt-free grain boundaries are observed after equilibration times at high pressures and temperatures of between 15 and 25 days. In order to assess a possible dependence of the wetting behaviour on the relative orientation of neighbouring grains, a SEM based technique, electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), is used to determine grain orientations. From the grain orientations relative orientations of neighbouring grains are calculated, which are expressed as misorientation axis/angle pairs. The distribution of misorientation angles and axes of melt-free grain boundaries differ significantly from a purely random distribution, whereas those of wetted grain boundaries are statistically indistinguishable from the random distribution. The relative orientation of two neighbouring grains therefore influences the character of their common grain boundary. However, no clustering towards special (coincident site lattice) misorientation axes is observed, with the inference that the energy differences between special and general misorientations are too small to lead to the development of preferred misorientations during grain growth.