Characterisation of radiation damage in W and W-based alloys from 2MeV self-ion near-bulk implantations

Yi, Xiaoou; Jenkins, Michael L.; Hattar, Khalid; Edmondson, Philip D.; Roberts, Steve G.

doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2015.04.015

Title: Characterisation of radiation damage in W and W-based alloys from 2MeV self-ion near-bulk implantations

Journal Article · Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Acta Materialia

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2015.04.015· OSTI ID:1184999

Yi, Xiaoou ^[1]; Jenkins, Michael L. ^[2]; Hattar, Khalid ^[3]; Edmondson, Philip D. ^[4]; Roberts, Steve G. ^[1]

Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom). Dept. of Materials; Culham Science Centre, Abingdon (United Kingdom). Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE)
Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom). Trinity College
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

We report that the displacement damage induced in W and W-5 wt.% Re and W-5 wt.% Ta alloys by 2 MeV W+ irradiation to doses 3.3 x 10¹⁷ - 2.5 x 10¹⁹ W⁺/m² at temperatures ranging from 300 to 750 °C has been characterised by transmission electron microscopy. An automated sizing and counting approach based on Image J (a Java-based image processing programme developed at the National Institutes of Health) [1] has been performed for all near-bulk irradiation data. In all cases the damage comprised dislocation loops, mostly of interstitial type, with Burgers vectors b = 1/2 < 111 > (>60%) and b = (1 00). The diameters of loops did not exceed 20 nm with most being ≤ = 6 nm diameter. The loop number density varied between 10²² and 10²³ loops/m³. With increasing irradiation temperature, the loop size distributions shifted towards larger sizes, and there was a substantial decrease in loop number densities. The damage microstructure was less sensitive to dose than to temperature. Under the same irradiation conditions, loop number densities in the W-Re and W-Ta alloys were higher than in pure W but loops were smaller. In grains with normals close to z = < 001 >, loop strings developed in pure W at temperatures ≥ = 500 °C and doses ≥= 1.2 dpa, but such strings were not observed in the W-Re or W-Ta alloys. However, in other grain orientations complex structures appeared in all materials and dense dislocation networks formed at higher doses.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Contributing Organization:: Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000; AC05-00OR22725; EP/H018921/1

OSTI ID:: 1184999

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1261438; OSTI ID: 1432125

Report Number(s):: SAND-2014-20338J; 547696

Journal Information:: Acta Materialia, Vol. 92, Issue C; ISSN 1359-6454

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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