@@industrialmetallurgistsllc6084 I've been researching this topic. Just watched a video on using x-ray diffraction to measure residual stress. It was stated if the atoms are spaced farther apart it indicates a tensile stress, but in this video if the atoms are farther apart they want to contract and that creates a compressive stress. Can you help clarify? Thanks!
x-ray diffraction measures the amount of lattice strain. The measurements are then used to calculate residual stress. When the planes are farther apart compared to unstressed metal, the strain is tensile. Sorry to take so long to respond. I was little under the weather.
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@@industrialmetallurgistsllc6084 I've been researching this topic. Just watched a video on using x-ray diffraction to measure residual stress. It was stated if the atoms are spaced farther apart it indicates a tensile stress, but in this video if the atoms are farther apart they want to contract and that creates a compressive stress. Can you help clarify? Thanks!
x-ray diffraction measures the amount of lattice strain. The measurements are then used to calculate residual stress. When the planes are farther apart compared to unstressed metal, the strain is tensile. Sorry to take so long to respond. I was little under the weather.