Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) image depth profiles have been made through grain structures on nickel alloy material that had displayed differing levels of intergranular stress corrosion cracking. The distributions of trace impurities, both within and outside the grain boundaries, are documented qualitatively through three-dimensional imaging, and quantitatively through the use of cross-correlation spectroscopy.
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