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Title: Effects of irradiation spectrum on the microstructural and mechanical properties of bulk metallic glasses

Journal Article · · Journal of Nuclear Materials
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  1. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  2. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
  3. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  4. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

Zr52.5Cu17.9Ni14.6Al10Ti5 (BAM-11) and Cu60Zr20Hf10Ti10 bulk metallic glass (BMG) specimens were ion irradiated to characterize and compare their irradiation induced microstructural and mechanical property evolution. For the ion irradiations, samples of each BMG were exposed to 9 MeV Ni3+ and 5.5 MeV C+ ions to a midrange (~1.5 μm depth) dose of 0.5 displacements per atom (dpa) at temperatures ranging from room temperature to 360 °C in order to examine potential effects associated with low (5.5 MeV C) and high (9 MeV Ni) average primary knock on energies. BAM-11 BMG samples were also irradiated by neutrons (E > 0.1 MeV) at ~70 °C to a fluence of 1.4 × 1020 n/cm2 (dose of 0.1 dpa). Importantly, no pronounced irradiation spectrum effects were observed for the nanoindentation mechanical properties of the two BMGs following ion irradiation. However, significant softening was observed in the BAM-11 BMG sample irradiated by neutrons, while annealing of the unirradiated samples led to a marked increase in hardening. Finally, results of the nanoindentation experiments indicate that softening is caused by irradiation induced creation of free volume defects, while the hardening is caused by their annihilation.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725; SC0006661
OSTI ID:
1609044
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1604806
Journal Information:
Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 533, Issue C; ISSN 0022-3115
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 3 works
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