Radiation Tolerance in Nano-Structured Crystalline Fe(Cr)/Amorphous SiOC Composite

Su, Qing; Wang, Tianyao; Shao, Lin; Nastasi, Michael

doi:10.3390/cryst9030147

Title: Radiation Tolerance in Nano-Structured Crystalline Fe(Cr)/Amorphous SiOC Composite

Journal Article · Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Crystals

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst9030147· OSTI ID:1613894

^[1]; Wang, Tianyao ^[2]; Shao, Lin ^[2]; Nastasi, Michael ^[1]

Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)
Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)

The management of irradiation defects is one of key challenges for structural materials in current and future reactor systems. To develop radiation tolerant alloys for service in extreme irradiation environments, the Fe self-ion radiation response of nanocomposites composed of amorphous silicon oxycarbide (SiOC) and crystalline Fe(Cr) were examined at 10, 20, and 50 displacements per atom damage levels. Grain growth in width direction was observed to increase with increasing irradiation dose in both Fe(Cr) films and Fe(Cr) layers in the nanocomposite after irradiation at room temperature. However, compared to the Fe(Cr) film, the Fe(Cr) layers in the nanocomposite exhibited ~50% less grain growth at the same damage levels, suggesting that interfaces in the nanocomposite were defect sinks. Moreover, the addition of Cr to α-Fe was shown to suppress its grain growth under irradiation for both the composite and non-composite case, consistent with earlier molecular dynamic (MD) modeling studies.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States); UT-Battelle LLC/ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)

Grant/Contract Number:: NE0008415; AC07-05ID14517

OSTI ID:: 1613894

Journal Information:: Crystals, Vol. 9, Issue 3; ISSN 2073-4352

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