Anisotropic swelling and microcracking of neutron irradiated Ti3AlC2-Ti5Al2C3 materials

Ang, Caen K.; Silva, Chinthaka M.; Shih, Chunghao Phillip; Koyanagi, Takaaki; Katoh, Yutai; Zinkle, Steven J.

doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2015.11.008

Title: Anisotropic swelling and microcracking of neutron irradiated Ti₃AlC₂-Ti₅Al₂C₃ materials

Journal Article · Thu Dec 17 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Scripta Materialia

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2015.11.008· OSTI ID:1234339

Ang, Caen K. ^[1]; Silva, Chinthaka M. ^[1]; Shih, Chunghao Phillip ^[1]; Koyanagi, Takaaki ^[1]; Katoh, Yutai ^[1]; Zinkle, Steven J. ^[2]

Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

M_{n + 1}AX_n (MAX) phase materials based on Ti–Al–C have been irradiated at 400 °C (673 K) with fission neutrons to a fluence of 2 × 10²⁵ n/m² (E > 0.1 MeV), corresponding to ~ 2 displacements per atom (dpa). We report preliminary results of microcracking in the Al-containing MAX phase, which contained the phases Ti₃AlC₂ and Ti₅Al₂C₃. Equibiaxial ring-on-ring tests of irradiated coupons showed that samples retained 10% of pre-irradiated strength. Volumetric swelling of up to 4% was observed. Phase analysis and microscopy suggest that anisotropic lattice parameter swelling caused microcracking. Lastly, variants of titanium aluminum carbide may be unsuitable materials for irradiation at light water reactor-relevant temperatures.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). High Temperature Materials Lab. (HTML); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)

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Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1234339

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1460447

Journal Information:: Scripta Materialia, Vol. 114, Issue C; ISSN 1359-6462

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