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Heavy-ion irradiations of Fe and Fe-Cr model alloys part 2: damage evolution in thin-foils at higher doses.

Journal Article · · Philos. Mag.
A study of heavy-ion damage in Fe and Fe-Cr alloys started in Part 1 1 was continued with an investigation of damage development in UHP Fe and Fe-8%Cr at higher doses up to 2 x 10{sup 19} ions m{sup -2} ({approx}13 dpa). In thin-foil irradiations with 150 keV Fe{sup +} ions at 300 C and room temperature (RT), more complex microstructures started to develop in thicker regions of the foils at doses greater than about 2 x 10{sup 18} ions m{sup -2}, apparently involving cooperative interaction, alignment and coalescence of smaller loops. First strings of loops all with the same 1/2 111 Burgers vectors formed. In UHP Fe irradiated at 300 C the damage then developed into colonies of resolvable interstitial loops with 1/2 111 Burgers vectors. By a dose of 2 x 10{sup 19} ions m{sup -2}, large (several hundred nanometer) finger-shaped loops with large shear components had developed by the growth and subsequent coalescence of smaller loops. Similar but finer-scale damage structures developed in UHP Fe irradiated at RT and in Fe-8%Cr irradiated at both RT and 300 C.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
Sponsoring Organization:
SC; UKAEA; European Commission
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
947538
Report Number(s):
ANL/MSD/JA-62353
Journal Information:
Philos. Mag., Journal Name: Philos. Mag. Journal Issue: 21 ; Jul. 21, 2008 Vol. 88; ISSN 1478-6435
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH