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Impact behavior of 9-Cr and 12-Cr ferritic steels after low-temperature irradiation

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OSTI ID:6112801
Miniature Charpy impact specimens of 9Cr-1MoVNb and 12Cr-1MoVW steels and these steels with 1 and 2% Ni were irradiated in the High-Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) at 50/sup 0/C to displacement damage levels of up to 9 dpa. Nickel was added to study the effect of transmutation helium. Irradiation caused an increase in the ductile-brittle transition temperature (DBTT). The 9Cr-1MoVNb steels, with and without nickel, showed a larger shift than the 12Cr-1MoVW steels, with and without nickel. The results indicated that helium also increased the DBTT. The same steels were previously irradiated at higher temperatures. From the present and past tests, the effect of irradiation temperature on the DBTT behavior can be evaluated. For the 9Cr-1MoVNb steel, there is a continuous decrease in the magnitude of the DBTT increase up to an irradiation temperature of about 400/sup 0/C, after which the shift drops rapidly to zero at about 450/sup 0/C. The DBTT of the 12Cr-1MoVW steel shows a maximum increase at an irradiation temperature of about 400/sup 0/C and less of an increase at either higher or lower irradiation temperatures.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
6112801
Report Number(s):
CONF-871036-3; ON: DE88000333
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English