The role of Cr concentration and temperature on cavity swelling with co-injected helium in dual-ion irradiated Fe and Fe-Cr alloys

Lin, Yan-Ru; Bhattacharya, Arunodaya; Chen, Da; Zhao, Yajie; Kai, Ji-Jung; Henry, Jean; Zinkle, Steven J.

doi:10.1016/j.matdes.2022.111134

The role of Cr concentration and temperature on cavity swelling with co-injected helium in dual-ion irradiated Fe and Fe-Cr alloys

Journal Article · Tue Sep 13 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Materials & Design

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2022.111134· OSTI ID:1894205

^[1]; ^[2]; Chen, Da ^[3]; Zhao, Yajie ^[4]; Kai, Ji-Jung ^[3]; Henry, Jean ^[5]; Zinkle, Steven J. ^[1]

Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon (Hong Kong)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Cadarache (France); Univ. Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)

The level of chromium plays an essential role in irradiation tolerance of Fe-Cr ferritic alloys. However, conflicting results have been reported regarding the dependence of cavity swelling under irradiation on Cr level and temperature. Here, we have performed a comprehensive set of simultaneous dual-ion (Ni + He) irradiations to high dose (~30 displacements per atom, dpa) at 400–550 °C on a series of ultra-high purity Fe and Fe-Cr binary alloys (3–14 wt.%Cr). Helium co-implantation rates of 0.1 and 10 appm He/dpa were selected to examine He synergistic effects relevant for fission and fusion reactor conditions, respectively. Cavities were observed in all irradiated samples by transmission electron microscopy. The results show that higher He implantation rate causes a shift in the swelling peak to higher temperatures in both Fe and Fe-Cr alloys. When assuming smaller cavities as biased sinks, the non-monotonic nature of the cavity swelling behavior is related to the ratio of biased to unbiased point defect sink strengths. Cr-enriched precipitates were observed in Fe-14Cr irradiated at 400 °C by atom probe tomography. Our analysis suggests the formation of Cr-enriched precipitates could suppress cavity swelling for Fe-Cr alloys with Cr content above 10 wt%.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Science (CNMS)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); Euratom; State of Tennessee; Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; SC0006661

OSTI ID:: 1894205

Journal Information:: Materials & Design, Journal Name: Materials & Design Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 223; ISSN 0264-1275

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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