Processes controlling helium bubble dynamics at varying temperatures in simulated radioactive materials

Hammons, Joshua A.; Tumey, Scott J.; Aubry, Sylvie; Rudd, Robert E.; Idell, Yaakov; Bertin, Nicolas; Ilavsky, Jan; Kuzmenko, Ivan; Jeffries, Jason R.; Lorenzana, Hector E.

doi:10.1016/j.mtla.2022.101529

Processes controlling helium bubble dynamics at varying temperatures in simulated radioactive materials

Journal Article · Tue Aug 16 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Materialia

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2022.101529· OSTI ID:2005071

^[1]; Tumey, Scott J. ^[1]; ^[1]; ^[1]; Idell, Yaakov ^[1]; Bertin, Nicolas ^[1]; Ilavsky, Jan ^[2]; Kuzmenko, Ivan ^[2]; Jeffries, Jason R. ^[1]; ^[1]

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Alpha-radiation damage is known to degrade materials exposed to harsh radiation environments via swelling and embrittlement by nano-scale helium bubbles. How these bubbles grow under varying temperature is essential to understanding and predicting material failure and optimization. Using in situ X-ray scattering, we probed ≈1012 bubbles before, during and after annealing at different temperatures in He-implanted aluminum to reveal a critical growth activation temperature that depends strongly on the helium implantation conditions. An analysis of the data aided by our molecular dynamics simulations identifies multiple temperature-dependent bubble growth mechanisms above and below the critical growth activation temperature. Moreover, the irreversible bubble growth that occurs after annealing for ≈4 h was evaluated using dislocation dynamics and found to negligibly affect the yield strength but may affect subsequent bubble growth at temperature. These in situ results provide valuable insight into bubble growth never observed before and reveal, for the first time, bubble shrinkage after cooling.

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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 Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 2005071

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1881533

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL--818950; LLNL-JRNL--823571; 1036122

Journal Information:: Materialia, Journal Name: Materialia Journal Issue: N/A Vol. 25; ISSN 2589-1529

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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