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Title: High temperature microstructural stability and recrystallization mechanisms in 14YWT alloys

Journal Article · · Acta Materialia

In-situ neutron diffraction experiments were performed on room temperature compressed 14YWT nanostructured ferritic alloys at 1100°C and 1150°C to understand their thermally activated static recrystallization mechanisms. The existence of high density of Y-Ti-O rich nano-oxides (<5 nm) shift the recrystallization temperature up due to Zener pinning of the grain boundaries, making these materials attractive for high temperature applications. This study serves to quantify the texture evolution in-situ and understand the effect of particles on the recrystallization mechanisms in 14YWT alloys. We have shown, both experimentally and theoretically, that there is considerable recovery in the 20% compressed sample after 6.5 h annealing at 1100°C while recrystallization occurs within an hour of annealing at 1100°C and 1150°C in the 60% compressed samples. Moreover, the 60% compressed samples show {112}<110> and {112}<111> texture components during annealing, in contrast to the conventional recrystallization textures in body centered cubic alloys. Furthermore, nano-oxide size, shape, density and distribution are considerably different in unrecrystallized and abnormally grown grains. Transmission electron microscopy analysis shows that oxide particles having a size between 5 and 30 nm play a critical role for recrystallization mechanisms in 14YWT nanostructured ferritic alloys.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396
OSTI ID:
1422892
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-18-20894; TRN: US1801666
Journal Information:
Acta Materialia, Vol. 148; ISSN 1359-6454
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 27 works
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Web of Science

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