Irradiation induced creep in nanocrystalline high entropy alloys

Jawaharram, Gowtham Sriram; Barr, ChristopherM.; Monterrosa, AnthonyM.; Hattar, Khalid Mikhiel; Averback, Robert S.; Dillon, Shen J.

doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2019.10.022

Irradiation induced creep in nanocrystalline high entropy alloys

Journal Article · Sat Oct 19 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Acta Materialia

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2019.10.022· OSTI ID:1650165

Jawaharram, Gowtham Sriram ^[1]; Barr, ChristopherM. ^[2]; Monterrosa, AnthonyM. ^[2]; Hattar, Khalid Mikhiel ^[2]; Averback, Robert S. ^[1]; Dillon, Shen J. ^[1]

Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Irradiation induced creep (IIC) compliance in NiCoFeCrMn high entropy alloys is measured as a function of grain size (30 < x < 80 nm) and temperature (23–500 °C). For 2.6 MeV Ag³⁺ irradiation at a dose rate of 1.5×10^–³ dpa^–¹s^–¹ the transition from the recombination to sink limited regimes occurs at ~ 100 °C. In the sink-limited regime, the IIC compliance scales inversely with grain size, consistent with a recently proposed model for grain boundary IIC. The thermal creep rate is also measured; it does not become comparable to the IIC rate, however, until ~ 650 °C. Here, the results are discussed in context of defect kinetics in irradiated HEA systems.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525; SC0019875; FG02-05ER46217

OSTI ID:: 1650165

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1607542
OSTI ID: 1774580

Report Number(s):: SAND--2020-8400J; 689923

Journal Information:: Acta Materialia, Journal Name: Acta Materialia Vol. 182; ISSN 1359-6454

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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