Dose rate dependence of Cr precipitation in an ion-irradiated Fe 18Cr alloy

Autor: G. Robert Odette, N. Almirall, Elaina R. Reese, Scott J. Tumey, Emmanuelle A. Marquis, Takuya Yamamoto
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Scripta Materialia. 146:213-217
ISSN: 1359-6462
Popis: Precipitation of α′ in Fe Cr alloys under neutron irradiation is thermodynamically driven while being accelerated by radiation-enhanced diffusion. However, similar alloys under ion irradiation at high dose rates (> 10− 4 dpa/s) fail to exhibit α′ precipitation. Here, the microstructure of an Fe 18Cr alloy under ion or neutron-irradiation at 300 °C at dose rates from ~ 10− 7 to 10− 4 dpa/s was analyzed by atom probe tomography. The steady-state composition content of the clusters depends on the ion irradiation dose and dose rate, confirming the contribution of ballistic mixing in diluting the Cr concentration in non-equilibrium α′ precipitates.
Databáze: OpenAIRE