In situ TEM investigation of irradiation-induced defect formation in cold spray Cr coatings for accident tolerant fuel applications

Journal Article · 16 October 2018 · Journal of Nuclear Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2018.10.023 · OSTI ID:1526299

Maier, Benjamin R.  ^[1]; Yeom, Hwasung ^[1]; Johnson, Greg ^[1]; Dabney, Tyler  ^[1]; Hu, Jing  ^[2]; Baldo, Peter ^[2]; Li, Meimei ^[2]; Sridharan, Kumar ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
2. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)

The first in-situ ion irradiation and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of cold spray deposited Cr coatings was performed at the Intermediate Voltage Electron Microscope (IVEM) facility at Argonne National Laboratory for preliminary investigation into the radiation damage tolerance of these materials for use in accident tolerance fuel cladding. The severely plastically deformed microstructure of the cold spray deposited Cr delayed the onset and growth of radiation induced defects when compared to an annealed coating simulating bulk Cr. Evidence to support this conclusion was based on defect density and defect size measurements of TEM images obtained at different irradiation intervals.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
• Grant/Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357; NE000822
• OSTI ID: 1526299
• Alternate ID(s): OSTI ID: 1636031
• Journal Information: Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 512, Issue C; ISSN 0022-3115
• Publisher: ElsevierCopyright Statement
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English