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. 2016 May 17;6:26039. doi: 10.1038/srep26039

Table 1. Compositions (in at.%) of α and β phases in 10 mm and 20 mm samples obtained from APT data as well as the partitioning ratio of each element.

  Sample Ti σ (Ti) Al σ (Al) V σ (V) Fe σ (Fe) O σ (O) C σ (C) N σ (N) H σ (H)
α 10 mm 85.15 0.13 10.49 0.12 2.65 0.06 0.16 0.02 0.41 0.02 0.03 0.01 0.12 0.01 0.99 0.04
20 mm 87.02 0.14 9.41 0.12 2.57 0.07 0.16 0.02 0.42 0.03 0.03 0.01 0.18 0.02 0.20 0.02
β 10 mm 68.22 0.18 3.13 0.07 23.68 0.16 3.28 0.07 0.24 0.02 0.03 0.01 0.13 0.01 1.29 0.04
20 mm 65.66 0.21 2.32 0.07 27.43 0.20 3.34 0.08 0.20 0.02 0.03 0.01 0.16 0.02 0.86 0.04
k or k′ 10 mm 1.2   3.4   8.9   20.5   1.7   1.0   1.1   1.3  
20 mm 1.3   4.1   10.7   20.9   2.1   1.0   1.1   4.3  

The partitioning ratio k (for α-partitioning elements) or k′ (for β-partitioning elements) were defined as or k = Cα/Cβ or k′ = Cβ/Cα, respectively. The larger than unity for k or k′, the severer partitioning for the corresponding element.