Defect sink characteristics of specific grain boundary types in 304 stainless steels under high dose neutron environments

Field, Kevin G.; Yang, Ying; Busby, Jeremy T.; Allen, Todd R.

doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2015.01.064

Title: Defect sink characteristics of specific grain boundary types in 304 stainless steels under high dose neutron environments

Journal Article · Mon Mar 09 04:00:00 UTC 2015 · Acta Materialia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2015.01.064 · OSTI ID:1185721

Field, Kevin G. ^[1]; Yang, Ying ^[1]; Busby, Jeremy T. ^[1]; Allen, Todd R. ^[2]

Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Radiation induced segregation (RIS) is a well-studied phenomena which occurs in many structurally relevant nuclear materials including austenitic stainless steels. RIS occurs due to solute atoms preferentially coupling to mobile point defect fluxes that migrate and interact with defect sinks. Here, a 304 stainless steel was neutron irradiated up to 47.1 dpa at 320 °C. Investigations into the RIS response at specific grain boundary types were utilized to determine the sink characteristics of different boundary types as a function of irradiation dose. A rate theory model built on the foundation of the modified inverse Kirkendall (MIK) model is proposed and benchmarked to the experimental results. This model, termed the GiMIK model, includes alterations in the boundary conditions based on grain boundary structure and includes expressions for interstitial binding. This investigation, through experiment and modeling, found specific grain boundary structures exhibit unique defect sink characteristics depending on their local structure. Furthermore, such interactions were found to be consistent across all doses investigated and had larger global implications including precipitation of Ni-Si clusters near different grain boundary types.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1185721

Journal Information:: Acta Materialia, Journal Name: Acta Materialia Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 89; ISSN 1359-6454

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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