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Title: Tensile behavior of dual-phase titanium alloys under high-intensity proton beam exposure: Radiation-induced omega phase transformation in Ti-6Al-4V

Journal Article · · Journal of Nuclear Materials

A high-intensity proton beam exposure with 181 MeV energy has been conducted at Brookhaven Linac Isotope Producer facility on various material specimens for accelerator targetry applications, including titanium alloys as a beam window material. The radiation damage level of the analyzed capsule was 0.25 dpa at beam center region with an irradiation temperature around 120 °C. Tensile tests showed increased hardness and a large decrease in ductility for the dual α+β-phase Ti-6Al-4V Grade-5 and Grade-23 extra low interstitial alloys, with the near α-phase Ti-3Al-2.5V Grade-9 alloy still exhibiting uniform elongation of a few % after irradiation. Transmission Electron Microscope analyses on Ti-6Al-4V indicated clear evidence of a high-density of defect clusters with size less than 2 nm in each α-phase grain. The β-phase grains did not contain any visible defects such as loops or black dots, while the diffraction patterns clearly indicated ω-phase precipitation in an advanced formation stage. Finally, the radiation-induced ω-phase transformation in the β-phase could lead to greater loss of ductility in Ti-6Al-4V alloys in comparison with Ti-3Al-2.5V alloy with less β-phase.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Contributing Organization:
RaDIATE COLLABORATION
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1647076
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1646542
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-20-451-AD; oai:inspirehep.net:1792754; TRN: US2202468
Journal Information:
Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 541; ISSN 0022-3115
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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