Neutron energy spectrum influence on irradiation hardening and microstructural development of tungsten
Abstract
We performed a neutron irradiation to single crystal pure tungsten in the mixed spectrum High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR). In order to investigate the influences of neutron energy spectrum, the microstructure and irradiation hardening were compared with previous data obtained from the irradiation campaigns in the mixed spectrum Japan Material Testing Reactor (JMTR) and the sodium-cooled fast reactor Joyo. The irradiation temperatures were in the range of ~90–~800 °C and fast neutron fluences were 0.02–9.00 × 1025 n/m2 (E > 0.1 MeV). Post irradiation evaluation included Vickers hardness measurements and transmission electron microscopy. Moreover, the hardness and microstructure changes exhibited a clear dependence on the neutron energy spectrum. The hardness appeared to increase with increasing thermal neutron flux when fast fluence exceeds 1 × 1025 n/m2 (E > 0.1 MeV). Finally, irradiation induced precipitates considered to be χ- and σ-phases were observed in samples irradiated to >1 × 1025 n/m2 (E > 0.1 MeV), which were pronounced at high dose and due to the very high thermal neutron flux of HFIR. Although the irradiation hardening mainly caused by defects clusters in a low dose regime, the transmutation-induced precipitation appeared to impose additional significant hardening of the tungsten.
- Authors:
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- Tohoku Univ., Sendai (Japan)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1279401
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1359425
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; 15H06030
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Nuclear Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 479; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0022-3115
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Tungsten; Neutron irradiation; Irradiation hardening; Microstructure; Neutron spectrum effect; HFIR; JMTR; Joyo
Citation Formats
Fukuda, Makoto, Kiran Kumar, N. A. P., Koyanagi, Takaaki, Garrison, Lauren M., Snead, Lance L., Katoh, Yutai, and Hasegawa, Akira. Neutron energy spectrum influence on irradiation hardening and microstructural development of tungsten. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2016.06.051.
Fukuda, Makoto, Kiran Kumar, N. A. P., Koyanagi, Takaaki, Garrison, Lauren M., Snead, Lance L., Katoh, Yutai, & Hasegawa, Akira. Neutron energy spectrum influence on irradiation hardening and microstructural development of tungsten. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2016.06.051
Fukuda, Makoto, Kiran Kumar, N. A. P., Koyanagi, Takaaki, Garrison, Lauren M., Snead, Lance L., Katoh, Yutai, and Hasegawa, Akira. 2016.
"Neutron energy spectrum influence on irradiation hardening and microstructural development of tungsten". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2016.06.051. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1279401.
@article{osti_1279401,
title = {Neutron energy spectrum influence on irradiation hardening and microstructural development of tungsten},
author = {Fukuda, Makoto and Kiran Kumar, N. A. P. and Koyanagi, Takaaki and Garrison, Lauren M. and Snead, Lance L. and Katoh, Yutai and Hasegawa, Akira},
abstractNote = {We performed a neutron irradiation to single crystal pure tungsten in the mixed spectrum High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR). In order to investigate the influences of neutron energy spectrum, the microstructure and irradiation hardening were compared with previous data obtained from the irradiation campaigns in the mixed spectrum Japan Material Testing Reactor (JMTR) and the sodium-cooled fast reactor Joyo. The irradiation temperatures were in the range of ~90–~800 °C and fast neutron fluences were 0.02–9.00 × 1025 n/m2 (E > 0.1 MeV). Post irradiation evaluation included Vickers hardness measurements and transmission electron microscopy. Moreover, the hardness and microstructure changes exhibited a clear dependence on the neutron energy spectrum. The hardness appeared to increase with increasing thermal neutron flux when fast fluence exceeds 1 × 1025 n/m2 (E > 0.1 MeV). Finally, irradiation induced precipitates considered to be χ- and σ-phases were observed in samples irradiated to >1 × 1025 n/m2 (E > 0.1 MeV), which were pronounced at high dose and due to the very high thermal neutron flux of HFIR. Although the irradiation hardening mainly caused by defects clusters in a low dose regime, the transmutation-induced precipitation appeared to impose additional significant hardening of the tungsten.},
doi = {10.1016/j.jnucmat.2016.06.051},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1279401},
journal = {Journal of Nuclear Materials},
issn = {0022-3115},
number = C,
volume = 479,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Jul 02 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Sat Jul 02 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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