Effect of neutron irradiation on defect evolution in Ti3SiC2 and Ti2AlC

Tallman, Darin J.; He, Lingfeng; Garcia-Diaz, Brenda L.; Hoffman, Elizabeth N.; Kohse, Gordon; Sindelar, Robert L.; Barsoum, Michel W.

doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2015.10.030

Title: Effect of neutron irradiation on defect evolution in Ti₃SiC₂ and Ti₂AlC

Journal Article · Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Journal of Nuclear Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2015.10.030· OSTI ID:1236713

^[1]; He, Lingfeng ^[2]; Garcia-Diaz, Brenda L. ^[3]; Hoffman, Elizabeth N. ^[3]; Kohse, Gordon ^[4]; Sindelar, Robert L. ^[3]; Barsoum, Michel W. ^[1]

Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States)
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River National Lab. (SRNL)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)

Here, we report on the characterization of defects formed in polycrystalline Ti₃SiC₂ and Ti₂AlC samples exposed to neutron irradiation – up to 0.1 displacements per atom (dpa) at 350 ± 40 °C or 695 ± 25 °C, and up to 0.4 dpa at 350 ± 40 °C. Black spots are observed in both Ti₃SiC₂ and Ti₂AlC after irradiation to both 0.1 and 0.4 dpa at 350 °C. After irradiation to 0.1 dpa at 695 °C, small basal dislocation loops, with a Burgers vector of b = 1/2 [0001] are observed in both materials. At 9 ± 3 and 10 ± 5 nm, the loop diameters in the Ti₃SiC₂ and Ti₂AlC samples, respectively, were comparable. At 1 × 10²³ loops/m³, the dislocation loop density in Ti₂AlC was ≈1.5 orders of magnitude greater than in Ti₃SiC₂, at 3 x 10²¹ loops/m3. After irradiation at 350 °C, extensive microcracking was observed in Ti₂AlC, but not in Ti₃SiC₂. The room temperature electrical resistivities increased as a function of neutron dose for all samples tested, and appear to saturate in the case of Ti₃SiC₂. The MAX phases are unequivocally more neutron radiation tolerant than the impurity phases TiC and Al₂O₃. Based on these results, Ti₃SiC₂ appears to be a more promising MAX phase candidate for high temperature nuclear applications than Ti₂AlC.

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Research Organization:: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC07-051D14517

OSTI ID:: 1236713

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1359392

Report Number(s):: INL/JOU-15-34198; PII: S0022311515302786

Journal Information:: Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 468, Issue C; ISSN 0022-3115

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Country of Publication:: United States

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