Plane section and spatial characteristics of equiaxed β-brass grains

Abstract

AbstractAbstractA study was undertaken to define better the concept of the statistical grain. A cube having edges of 52·1 mm was cut from a slowly cooled β-brass ingot which had equiaxed grains. The distributions of sizes and shapes of grain sections on the faces of the cube were determined. The grains were then separated in a solution of mercurous nitrate and nitric acid. Observations were made of the relationship between grain diameter and the number and shapes of faces. For the 941 separated whole grains, the frequency of distribution of grain diameters obeyed the log–normal law. A plane distribution curve was derived for the statistical grain which enables spatial distributions to be calculated from measurements made on a plane section.MST/825