Dose rate dependence of Cr precipitation in an ion-irradiated Fe-18Cr alloy

Reese, Elaina R.; Almirall, Nathan; Yamamoto, Takuya; Tumey, Scott J; Odette, G. Robert; Marquis, Emmanuelle A.

doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2017.11.040

Dose rate dependence of Cr precipitation in an ion-irradiated Fe-18Cr alloy

Journal Article · Wed Dec 06 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Scripta Materialia

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2017.11.040· OSTI ID:1860815

Reese, Elaina R. ^[1]; Almirall, Nathan ^[2]; Yamamoto, Takuya ^[2]; Tumey, Scott J ^[3]; Odette, G. Robert ^[2]; Marquis, Emmanuelle A. ^[1]

Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

We report precipitation of α' in F - Cr alloys under neutron irradiation is thermodynamically driven while being accelerated by radiation-enhanced diffusion. However, similar alloys under ion irradiation at high dose rates (> 10^-4 dpa/s) fail to exhibit α' precipitation. Here, the microstructure of an Fe - 18Cr alloy under ion or neutron-irradiation at 300 °C at dose rates from ~ 10^-7 to 10^-4 dpa/s was analyzed by atom probe tomography. The steady-state composition content of the clusters depends on the ion irradiation dose and dose rate, confirming the contribution of ballistic mixing in diluting the Cr concentration in non-equilibrium α' precipitates.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344; FG03-94ER54275; NE0000639

OSTI ID:: 1860815

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 22808567

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-832476; 1050231

Journal Information:: Scripta Materialia, Journal Name: Scripta Materialia Vol. 16; ISSN 1359-6462

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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