Influence of welding and neutron irradiation on dislocation loop formation and α' precipitation in a FeCrAl alloy
Abstract
An advanced accident-tolerant FeCrAl alloy, C35 M (Fe–13Cr–10Al–1Mo, at %), and its laser-fusion weldments were studied after neutron irradiation up to 1.8 dpa at 357 °C to evaluate the radiation damage and α'-precipitation kinetics. Results show that the densities of α' in the fusion zone (FZ) and the heat-affected zone (HAZ) were only a third of that in the base material, i.e., 2.3 × 1024m-3. Here, density of dislocation loops in the FZ and HAZ were less than half of that in base material. The size of α' precipitates and the dislocation loops were found to be smaller in base material, compared to FZ and HAZ. The variances in microstructural response within the different regions were attributed to initial as-welded states of each region, indicating the impact of the pre-irradiation condition on radiation response in FeCrAl alloys.
- Authors:
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- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1659640
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1564377
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; AC05-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Nuclear Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 527; Journal Issue: n/a; Journal ID: ISSN 0022-3115
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; FeCrAl; Accident Tolerant; Welding; Dislocation Loops; Precipitation
Citation Formats
Zhang, Dalong, Briggs, Samuel A., Edmondson, Philip D., Gussev, Maxim N., Howard, Richard H., and Field, Kevin G. Influence of welding and neutron irradiation on dislocation loop formation and α' precipitation in a FeCrAl alloy. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.151784.
Zhang, Dalong, Briggs, Samuel A., Edmondson, Philip D., Gussev, Maxim N., Howard, Richard H., & Field, Kevin G. Influence of welding and neutron irradiation on dislocation loop formation and α' precipitation in a FeCrAl alloy. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.151784
Zhang, Dalong, Briggs, Samuel A., Edmondson, Philip D., Gussev, Maxim N., Howard, Richard H., and Field, Kevin G. Tue .
"Influence of welding and neutron irradiation on dislocation loop formation and α' precipitation in a FeCrAl alloy". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.151784. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1659640.
@article{osti_1659640,
title = {Influence of welding and neutron irradiation on dislocation loop formation and α' precipitation in a FeCrAl alloy},
author = {Zhang, Dalong and Briggs, Samuel A. and Edmondson, Philip D. and Gussev, Maxim N. and Howard, Richard H. and Field, Kevin G.},
abstractNote = {An advanced accident-tolerant FeCrAl alloy, C35 M (Fe–13Cr–10Al–1Mo, at %), and its laser-fusion weldments were studied after neutron irradiation up to 1.8 dpa at 357 °C to evaluate the radiation damage and α'-precipitation kinetics. Results show that the densities of α' in the fusion zone (FZ) and the heat-affected zone (HAZ) were only a third of that in the base material, i.e., 2.3 × 1024m-3. Here, density of dislocation loops in the FZ and HAZ were less than half of that in base material. The size of α' precipitates and the dislocation loops were found to be smaller in base material, compared to FZ and HAZ. The variances in microstructural response within the different regions were attributed to initial as-welded states of each region, indicating the impact of the pre-irradiation condition on radiation response in FeCrAl alloys.},
doi = {10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.151784},
journal = {Journal of Nuclear Materials},
number = n/a,
volume = 527,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 03 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Tue Sep 03 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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