Irradiation resistance of nanostructured interfaces in Zr–Nb metallic multilayers

Chen, Elton Y.; Deo, Chaitanya; Dingreville, Rémi

doi:10.1557/jmr.2019.42

Irradiation resistance of nanostructured interfaces in Zr–Nb metallic multilayers

Journal Article · Thu Mar 07 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Journal of Materials Research

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2019.42· OSTI ID:1501629

Chen, Elton Y. ^[1]; Deo, Chaitanya ^[2]; Dingreville, Rémi ^[3]

Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

We report that irradiation resistance of metallic nanostructured multilayers is determined by the interactions between defects and phase boundaries. However, the dose-dependent interfacial morphology evolution can greatly change the nature of the defect–boundary interaction mechanisms over time. In the present study, we used atomistic models combined with a novel technique based on the accumulation of Frenkel pairs to simulate irradiation processes. We examined dose effects on defect evolutions near zirconium–niobium multilayer phase boundaries. Our simulations enabled us to categorize defect evolution mechanisms in bulk phases into progressing stages of dislocation accumulation, saturation, and coalescence. In the metallic multilayers, we observed a phase boundary absorption mechanism early on during irradiation, while at higher damage levels, the increased irradiation intermixing triggered a phase transformation in the Zr–Nb mixture. Lastly, this physical phenomenon resulted in the emission of a large quantity of small immobile dislocation loops from the phase boundaries.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525

OSTI ID:: 1501629

Report Number(s):: SAND--2019-0944J; 671924

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Research, Journal Name: Journal of Materials Research Journal Issue: 13 Vol. 34; ISSN 0884-2914; ISSN applab

Publisher:: Materials Research SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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