Thermal conductivity measurements via time-domain thermoreflectance for the characterization of radiation induced damage

Cheaito, Ramez; Gorham, Caroline S.; Misra, Amit; Hattar, Khalid; Hopkins, Patrick E.

doi:10.1557/jmr.2015.11

Thermal conductivity measurements via time-domain thermoreflectance for the characterization of radiation induced damage

Journal Article · Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Journal of Materials Research

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2015.11· OSTI ID:1184445

Cheaito, Ramez ^[1]; Gorham, Caroline S. ^[2]; Misra, Amit ^[3]; Hattar, Khalid ^[4]; Hopkins, Patrick E. ^[1]

Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Mechanical Engineering
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Dept. of Material Science and Engineering
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

The progressive build up of displacement damage and fission products inside different systems and components of a nuclear reactor can lead to significant defect formation, degradation, and damage of the constituent materials. This structural modification can highly influence the thermal transport mechanisms and various mechanical properties of solids. In this paper we demonstrate the use of time-domain thermoreflectance (TDTR), a non-destructive method capable of measuring the thermal transport in material systems from nano to bulk scales, to study the effect of radiation damage and the subsequent changes in the thermal properties of materials. We use TDTR to show that displacement damage from ion irradiation can significantly reduce the thermal conductivity of Optimized ZIRLO, a material used as fuel cladding in several current nuclear reactors. We find that the thermal conductivity of copper-niobium nanostructured multilayers does not change with helium ion irradiation doses of up to 10¹⁵ cm^-2 and ion energy of 200 keV suggesting that these structures can be used and radiation tolerant materials in nuclear reactors. We compare the effect of ion doses and ion beam energies on the measured thermal conductivity of bulk silicon. Results demonstrate that TDTR thermal measurements can be used to quantify depth dependent damage.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

OSTI ID:: 1184445

Report Number(s):: SAND--2014-17982J; 537701

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Research, Journal Name: Journal of Materials Research Journal Issue: 09 Vol. 30; ISSN 0884-2914

Publisher:: Materials Research SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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