The effect of oxygen partial pressure on dislocation creep in polycrystalline uranium dioxide

Autor: Xavière Iltis, Jean-Baptiste Parise, Thomas Helfer, Philippe Garcia, Guy Antou, Audrey Miard
Přispěvatelé: CEA Cadarache, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), IRCER - Axe 4 : céramiques sous contraintes environnementales (IRCER-AXE4), Institut de Recherche sur les CERamiques (IRCER), Institut des Procédés Appliqués aux Matériaux (IPAM), Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut des Procédés Appliqués aux Matériaux (IPAM), Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département d'Etudes des Combustibles (DEC), CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire) (CEA-DES (ex-DEN)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of the European Ceramic Society
Journal of the European Ceramic Society, Elsevier, 2021, 41 (3), pp.2124-2133. ⟨10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2020.09.005⟩
Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2021, 41 (3), pp.2124-2133. ⟨10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2020.09.005⟩
ISSN: 0955-2219
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2020.09.005
Popis: We report a set of compression test experiments carried out on sintered uranium dioxide at 1500 ° C, at constant strain rates and under controlled oxygen partial pressures. The macroscopic data indicate an initial strain hardening stage followed by a quasi steady-state period during which changes in the stress level are sluggish. The data are further interpreted in a continuum mechanics, finite strain framework, in both one and two-dimensional geometries, whence stress and oxygen partial pressure exponents of the creep law are estimated. The stress exponent is indicative of power-law creep. The oxygen partial pressure exponent is consistent with a strain-rate limited by vacancy mediated self-diffusion of the slowest moving ion, suggesting a climb-controlled recovery process. Some samples are further characterized using SEM/EBSD which reveals signs of plastic deformation typical of recovery creep. The effect of oxygen pressure upon microstructure is discussed.
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