Swelling and He-Embrittlement of Austenitic Stainless Steels and Ni-Alloys in Nuclear Reactors

Autor: Malcolm Griffiths, Steven Xu, Juan Eduardo Ramos Nervi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Metals, Vol 12, Iss 10, p 1692 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2075-4701
DOI: 10.3390/met12101692
Popis: Rate theory models have been developed for the swelling and He-embrittlement of austenitic stainless steels and Ni-alloys in nuclear reactors. The models illustrate how microstructure evolution during irradiation affects the rate of change of mechanical properties and the dimensional stability. He-stabilised cavity accumulation on grain boundaries, which causes brittle failure at low stresses and strains known as He-embrittlement, is shown to be strongly dependent on the irradiation temperature and the rate of production of Frenkel pairs and He atoms. The results show that the accumulation of cavities on grain boundaries falls into two regimes: (i) that dictated by matrix bubble swelling at low temperatures; and (ii) that dictated by matrix void swelling at high temperatures.
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