Detection and quantification of solute clusters in a nanostructured ferritic alloy

Miller, Michael K.; Larson, David J.; Reinhard, D. A.

doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.12.107

Title: Detection and quantification of solute clusters in a nanostructured ferritic alloy

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A series of simulated atom probe datasets were examined with a friends-of-friends method to establish the detection efficiency required to resolve solute clusters in the ferrite phase of a 14YWT nanostructured ferritic alloy. The size and number densities of solute clusters in the ferrite of the as-milled mechanically-alloyed condition and the stir zone of a friction stir weld were estimated with a prototype high-detection-efficiency (~80%) local electrode atom probe. High number densities, 1.8 × 10²⁴ m^–3 and 1.2 × 10²⁴ m^–3, respectively of solute clusters containing between 2 and 9 solute atoms of Ti, Y and O and were detected for these two conditions. Furthermore, these results support first principle calculations that predicted that vacancies stabilize these Ti–Y–O– clusters, which retard diffusion and contribute to the excellent high temperature stability of the microstructure and radiation tolerance of nanostructured ferritic alloys.

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Miller, Michael K. ^[1]; Larson, David J. ^[2]; Reinhard, D. A. ^[2]

Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
CAMECA Instruments, Inc., Madison, WI (United States)

Publication Date:: Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 EST 2014

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1237625

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1246581

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Nuclear Materials

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 462; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0022-3115

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; solute clusters; nanostructured ferritic alloys; atom probe tomography; single atom detector

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                    Miller, Michael K., Larson, David J., and Reinhard, D. A. Detection and quantification of solute clusters in a nanostructured ferritic alloy.  United States: N. p., 2014. 
Web.  doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.12.107.

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                    Miller, Michael K., Larson, David J., & Reinhard, D. A. Detection and quantification of solute clusters in a nanostructured ferritic alloy.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.12.107

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"Detection and quantification of solute clusters in a nanostructured ferritic alloy".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.12.107.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1237625.

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  title        = {Detection and quantification of solute clusters in a nanostructured ferritic alloy},

  author       = {Miller, Michael K. and Larson, David J. and Reinhard, D. A.},

  abstractNote = {A series of simulated atom probe datasets were examined with a friends-of-friends method to establish the detection efficiency required to resolve solute clusters in the ferrite phase of a 14YWT nanostructured ferritic alloy. The size and number densities of solute clusters in the ferrite of the as-milled mechanically-alloyed condition and the stir zone of a friction stir weld were estimated with a prototype high-detection-efficiency (~80%) local electrode atom probe. High number densities, 1.8 × 1024 m–3 and 1.2 × 1024 m–3, respectively of solute clusters containing between 2 and 9 solute atoms of Ti, Y and O and were detected for these two conditions. Furthermore, these results support first principle calculations that predicted that vacancies stabilize these Ti–Y–O– clusters, which retard diffusion and contribute to the excellent high temperature stability of the microstructure and radiation tolerance of nanostructured ferritic alloys.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.12.107},

  journal      = {Journal of Nuclear Materials},

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  volume       = 462,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 EST 2014},

  month        = {Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 EST 2014}

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