Figure 9
Variation of grain sizes for nano-Ni as a function of temperature at atmospheric pressure (neutron data) and at a high pressure of 7.4 GPa (X-ray data). For neutron data, the grain sizes derived from the (Ehkl/E111)2 and (Ehkl/E200)2 corrections are marked as (111) and (200), respectively, and are shown by solid green and blue triangles. Solid red diamonds denote the grain sizes derived from high-P–T X-ray data corresponding to Fig. 6. The insert plots the grain-size variation on a logarithmic scale and over a wider temperature range, showing the rapid growth of Ni nanocrystals approaching or entering the micrometre region. |