ASTM international symposium on small specimen test techniques and their applications to pressure vessel annealing and plant life extension

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:10170230

Garner, F A; Hamilton, M L; Heinisch, H L ^[1]; Kumar, A S ^[2]

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1. Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
2. Missouri Univ., Rolla, MO (United States). Materials Research Center

Miniature sheet-type tensile specimens are currently being used in a variety of radiation damage studies conducted in a number of different reactors. Although these specimens are very small, they have proven successful in addressing issues encountered in both thermal reactors and anticipated fusion reactors. This paper reviews the results of a number of recent studies that illustrate the range of applicability of these small specimens. When combined with other types of specimens and other types of measurements made prior to tensile testing, miniature tensile specimens have been found to serve as very useful tools for application to both fundamental studies and alloy screening studies.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 10170230
• Report Number(s): PNL-SA-19682; CONF-920146-5; ON: DE92019080
• Resource Relation: Conference: American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) international symposium on small specimen test techniques applied to nuclear reactor vessel thermal annealing and plant life extension,New Orleans, LA (United States),29-31 Jan 1992; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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SERVICE LIFE
CHROMIUM STEELS
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TENSILE PROPERTIES
EMBRITTLEMENT
CHARPY TEST
NEUTRONS
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COMPONENTS AND ACCESSORIES
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