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

Journal Article · · Journal of Materials Research
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2015.11· OSTI ID:1184445
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  1. Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  2. Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Mechanical Engineering
  3. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Dept. of Material Science and Engineering
  4. 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.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
1184445
Report Number(s):
SAND-2014-17982J; 537701
Journal Information:
Journal of Materials Research, Vol. 30, Issue 09; ISSN 0884-2914
Publisher:
Materials Research SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 41 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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