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

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

doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2018.10.023

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

Abstract

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.

Authors:

^[1]; Yeom, Hwasung ^[1]; Johnson, Greg ^[1];

^[1];

^[2]; Baldo, Peter ^[2]; Li, Meimei ^[2]; Sridharan, Kumar ^[1]

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

Publication Date:: 2018-10-16

Research Org.:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)

OSTI Identifier:: 1526299

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1636031

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; NE000822

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Nuclear Materials

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 512; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0022-3115

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS

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                    Maier, Benjamin R., Yeom, Hwasung, Johnson, Greg, Dabney, Tyler, Hu, Jing, Baldo, Peter, Li, Meimei, and Sridharan, Kumar. In situ TEM investigation of irradiation-induced defect formation in cold spray Cr coatings for accident tolerant fuel applications.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Maier, Benjamin R., Yeom, Hwasung, Johnson, Greg, Dabney, Tyler, Hu, Jing, Baldo, Peter, Li, Meimei, & Sridharan, Kumar. In situ TEM investigation of irradiation-induced defect formation in cold spray Cr coatings for accident tolerant fuel applications.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2018.10.023

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                    Maier, Benjamin R., Yeom, Hwasung, Johnson, Greg, Dabney, Tyler, Hu, Jing, Baldo, Peter, Li, Meimei, and Sridharan, Kumar. Tue .  
"In situ TEM investigation of irradiation-induced defect formation in cold spray Cr coatings for accident tolerant fuel applications".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2018.10.023.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1526299.

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@article{osti_1526299,

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

  author       = {Maier, Benjamin R. and Yeom, Hwasung and Johnson, Greg and Dabney, Tyler and Hu, Jing and Baldo, Peter and Li, Meimei and Sridharan, Kumar},

  abstractNote = {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.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.jnucmat.2018.10.023},

  journal      = {Journal of Nuclear Materials},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 512,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2018},

  month        = {10}

}

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Figure 1: TEM images of the (a) as-deposited (cold sprayed) Cr sample with elongated grains and dense dislocation networks and (b) bulk Cr coating with more equiaxed grains mostly free of defect contrast.

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