Irradiation effects on Al0.3CoCrFeNi and CoCrMnFeNi high-entropy alloys, and 316H stainless steel at 500&nbsp;°C

Chen, Wei-Ying; Kirk, Marquis A.; Hashimoto, Naoyuki; Yeh, Jien-Wei; Liu, Xiang; Chen, Yiren

doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2020.152324

Irradiation effects on Al_0.3CoCrFeNi and CoCrMnFeNi high-entropy alloys, and 316H stainless steel at 500 °C

Journal Article · Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Journal of Nuclear Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2020.152324· OSTI ID:1756679

Chen, Wei-Ying ^[1]; Kirk, Marquis A. ^[1]; Hashimoto, Naoyuki ^[2]; Yeh, Jien-Wei ^[3]; Liu, Xiang ^[4]; Chen, Yiren ^[1]

Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo (Japan)
National Tsing Hua Univ., Hsing-Chu (Taiwan)
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

To evaluate the potential of high entropy alloys (HEAs) for nuclear applications, two HEAs, Al_0.3CoCrFeNi and CoCrFeMnNi, and a conventional Type 316H stainless steel (SS) were irradiated with 1 MeV krypton ions at 500 degrees C up to 1 dpa, and examined in-situ with a transmission electron microscope (TEM). After irradiation, a high density of ordered L1₂ nanoparticles was observed in Al_0.3CoCrFeNi. In contrast, no phase transformation was observed in CoCrFeMnNi and 316H SS. In the thin foil regions of TEM samples, stacking-fault tetrahedra were observed in the HEAs. In the thick foil regions, interstitial dislocation loops were observed for all alloys, and the areal loop density increased linearly with foil thickness. The Al_0.3CoCrFeNi had the largest loop size (the lowest density), followed by the CoCrFeMnNi and then the 316H SS. The higher loop nucleation rate in the 316H SS was attributed to carbon content. Finally, the degree of irradiation hardening was slightly lower for the HEAs than for the 316H SS, which is a promising sign for the nuclear application of HEAs at high temperatures.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1756679

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1637361

Journal Information:: Journal of Nuclear Materials, Journal Name: Journal of Nuclear Materials Vol. 539; ISSN 0022-3115

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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