Data on Cu- and Ni-Si-Mn-rich solute clustering in a neutron irradiated austenitic stainless steel

Journal Article · Sun Jun 12 04:00:00 EDT 2022 · Data in Brief

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108263· OSTI ID:1876257

Levine, Samara M. ^[1]; Pareige, Cristelle ^[2]; Jiao, Zhijie ^[3]; Edmondson, Philip D. ^[4]; Was, Gary S. ^[3]; Zinkle, Steven J. ^[1]; Bhattacharya, Arunodaya ^[4]

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1. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
2. Université de Rouen Normandie et INSA de Rouen Normandie (France)
3. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
4. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

The data presented in this article is supplementary to the research article “Phase instabilities in austenitic steels during particle bombardment at high and low dose rates” (Levine et al.). Needle-shaped samples were prepared with focused ion beam milling from a 304L stainless steel that was irradiated with fast neutrons (E 0.1 MeV) in the BOR-60 reactor at 318 °C to 47.5 dpa. Atom probe tomography (APT) experiments in voltage mode were then conducted on a Cameca LEAP 5000X HR. Atom position, range, and mass spectrum files after reconstruction with Cameca’s IVAS software are included. Cu- and Ni-Si-Mn-rich solute nanoclusters were identified and analyzed using the Open Source Characterization of APT Reconstructions (OSCAR) program. Python code for OSCAR, information on the program’s underlying algorithm, and sample output files are provided. A proximity histogram of a Ni-Si-Mn-rich cluster and a 1D density/solute concentration profile of a Cu-rich cluster are given to demonstrate OSCAR’s analytical functionalities. The provided APT dataset is valuable for benchmarking phase instabilities in neutron-irradiated austenitic stainless steels that occur at high doses. The OSCAR program can be reused to process other APT data sets where solute nanoclustering is of interest.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP)
• Grant/Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725; SC0006661; NE0008520
• OSTI ID: 1876257
• Journal Information: Data in Brief, Journal Name: Data in Brief Journal Issue: n.a. Vol. 42; ISSN 2352-3409
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
Atom-probe tomography
Austenitic stainless steels
Precipitation
Python
Solute clustering