Reference vanadium alloy V-4Cr-4Ti for fusion application
Vanadium alloys exhibit important advantages as a candidate structural material for fusion first-wall/blanket applications. These advantages include high temperature and high wall load capability, favorable safety and environmental features, resistance to irradiation damage, and alloys of interest are readily fabricable. A substantial data base has been developed on laboratory-scale heats of V-Ti, V-Cr-Ti and V-Ti-Si alloys before and after irradiation. Investigations in recent years have focused primarily on compositions of V-(0--15)Cr-(0--20)Ti (0--1)Si. Results from these investigations have provided a basis for identifying a V-4Cr-4Ti alloy as the US reference vanadium alloy for further development. Major results obtained on one production-scale heat and three laboratory heats with compositions of V-(4--5)Cr-(4--5)Ti are presented in this paper. Properties measured were input properties, tensile properties, creep, and radiation effects.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 195723
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/TD/CP-87970; CONF-950961-5; ON: DE96005527; TRN: AHC29605%%99
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: ICFRM-7: international conference on fusion reactor materials, Obninsk (Russian Federation), 25-29 Sep 1995; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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