Phase stability in thermally-aged CASS CF8 under heavy ion irradiation
The stability of the microstructure of a cast austenitic stainless steel (CASS), before and after heavy ion irradiation, was investigated by atom probe tomography (APT). A CF8 ferrite-austenite duplex alloy was thermally aged at 400 degrees C for 10,000 h. After this treatment, APT revealed nanometer-sized G-phase precipitates and Fe-rich alpha and Cr-enriched alpha' phase separated regions in the ferrite. The thermally-aged CF8 specimen was irradiated with 1 MeV Kr ions to a fluence of 1.88 x 10(19) ions/m(2) at 400 degrees C. After irradiation, APT analysis revealed a strong spatial/dose dependence of the G-phase precipitates and the alpha-alpha' spinodal decomposition in the ferrite. For the G-phase precipitates, the number density increased and the mean size decreased with increasing dose, and the particle size distribution changed considerably under irradiation. The inverse coarsening process can be described by recoil resolution. The amplitude of the alpha-alpha' spinodal decomposition in the ferrite was apparently reduced after heavy ion irradiation. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 1343069
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 462, Issue C; ISSN 0022-3115
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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