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Title: Microstructural characterization of selected AEA/UCSB model FeCuMn alloys

Abstract

A set of 22 model ferritic alloys was purchased as part of a collaborative research program by the AEA Harwell Laboratory and the University of California at Santa Barbara. Nine of these alloys were selected by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for use in a series of ion irradiation experiments investigating dispersed barrier hardening. These nine alloys contain varying amounts of copper, manganese, titanium, carbon, and nitrogen. The alloys have been characterized by transmission electron microscopy in the as-received condition to provide a baseline for comparison with the irradiated specimens. A description of the microstructural observations is provided for future reference. This summary focuses on the type and size distributions of the precipitates present; grain size and dislocation measurements are also included.

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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States); Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States). Div. of Engineering Technology
Sponsoring Org.:
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
251611
Report Number(s):
NUREG/CR-6332; ORNL/TM-12980
ON: TI96012332; TRN: 96:003935
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-96OR22464
Resource Type:
Technical Report
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Other Information: PBD: Jun 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
21 NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; PWR TYPE REACTORS; PRESSURE VESSELS; PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; IRON BASE ALLOYS; MICROSTRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; COPPER ALLOYS; MANGANESE ALLOYS; IMAGES

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Rice, P.M., and Stoller, R.E. Microstructural characterization of selected AEA/UCSB model FeCuMn alloys. United States: N. p., 1996. Web. doi:10.2172/251611.
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Rice, P.M., & Stoller, R.E. Microstructural characterization of selected AEA/UCSB model FeCuMn alloys. United States. doi:10.2172/251611.
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Rice, P.M., and Stoller, R.E. Sat . "Microstructural characterization of selected AEA/UCSB model FeCuMn alloys". United States. doi:10.2172/251611. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/251611.
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title = {Microstructural characterization of selected AEA/UCSB model FeCuMn alloys},
author = {Rice, P.M. and Stoller, R.E.},
abstractNote = {A set of 22 model ferritic alloys was purchased as part of a collaborative research program by the AEA Harwell Laboratory and the University of California at Santa Barbara. Nine of these alloys were selected by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for use in a series of ion irradiation experiments investigating dispersed barrier hardening. These nine alloys contain varying amounts of copper, manganese, titanium, carbon, and nitrogen. The alloys have been characterized by transmission electron microscopy in the as-received condition to provide a baseline for comparison with the irradiated specimens. A description of the microstructural observations is provided for future reference. This summary focuses on the type and size distributions of the precipitates present; grain size and dislocation measurements are also included.},
doi = {10.2172/251611},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996},
month = {Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996}
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