In Situ Micro-Pillar Compression to Examine Radiation-Induced Hardening Mechanisms of FeCrAl Alloys
Abstract
Here, the effects of 5 MeV Fe2+ ion irradiation at 300°C on the microstructure evolution and deformation behavior of a FeCrAl C26M alloy are presented. It has been found that dislocation loop density increases an order of magnitude from 1 dpa to 16 dpa irradiations, whereas, the dislocation loop size saturates with increasing damage. Micropillars, 600 nm in diameter and 1.3 µm in height, were fabricated and compressed inside grains with <001>, <011> and <111> crystallographic orientations, respectively. {112} <111> has been identified as the primary slip system in both unirradiated and irradiated alloy. The increase in yield stress after irradiation is observed with measurable variation along <001> and <011> vs. along <111>. By applying the Orowan dispersed barrier model, the increase of yield stress is found mainly due to the slip resistance of radiation generated defect loops. Detailed transmission electron microscopy (TEM) studies were performed to quantify the Burgers vector and the distribution of irradiation induced dislocations at elevated strains. It is revealed that localized shear instability is caused by avalanche slip events of ½<111> dislocations gliding out of tested pillars. Simultaneously, a large number of sessile/immobile <100> dislocations formed in the vicinity of slip band, leading to themore »
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- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Middle East Technical Univ., Ankara (Turkey)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
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- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC). Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Supply Chain. Fuel Cycle Research and Development Program; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1699473
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- OSTI ID: 1780368
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-20-28503
Journal ID: ISSN 1359-6454
- Grant/Contract Number:
- 89233218CNA000001
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Acta Materialia
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 202; Journal ID: ISSN 1359-6454
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Material Science
Citation Formats
Cui, Yuchi, Aydogan, Eda, Gigax, Jonathan G., Wang, Yongqiang, Misra, Amit, Maloy, Stuart A., and Li, Nan. In Situ Micro-Pillar Compression to Examine Radiation-Induced Hardening Mechanisms of FeCrAl Alloys. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2020.10.047.
Cui, Yuchi, Aydogan, Eda, Gigax, Jonathan G., Wang, Yongqiang, Misra, Amit, Maloy, Stuart A., & Li, Nan. In Situ Micro-Pillar Compression to Examine Radiation-Induced Hardening Mechanisms of FeCrAl Alloys. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2020.10.047
Cui, Yuchi, Aydogan, Eda, Gigax, Jonathan G., Wang, Yongqiang, Misra, Amit, Maloy, Stuart A., and Li, Nan. Sun .
"In Situ Micro-Pillar Compression to Examine Radiation-Induced Hardening Mechanisms of FeCrAl Alloys". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2020.10.047. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1699473.
@article{osti_1699473,
title = {In Situ Micro-Pillar Compression to Examine Radiation-Induced Hardening Mechanisms of FeCrAl Alloys},
author = {Cui, Yuchi and Aydogan, Eda and Gigax, Jonathan G. and Wang, Yongqiang and Misra, Amit and Maloy, Stuart A. and Li, Nan},
abstractNote = {Here, the effects of 5 MeV Fe2+ ion irradiation at 300°C on the microstructure evolution and deformation behavior of a FeCrAl C26M alloy are presented. It has been found that dislocation loop density increases an order of magnitude from 1 dpa to 16 dpa irradiations, whereas, the dislocation loop size saturates with increasing damage. Micropillars, 600 nm in diameter and 1.3 µm in height, were fabricated and compressed inside grains with <001>, <011> and <111> crystallographic orientations, respectively. {112} <111> has been identified as the primary slip system in both unirradiated and irradiated alloy. The increase in yield stress after irradiation is observed with measurable variation along <001> and <011> vs. along <111>. By applying the Orowan dispersed barrier model, the increase of yield stress is found mainly due to the slip resistance of radiation generated defect loops. Detailed transmission electron microscopy (TEM) studies were performed to quantify the Burgers vector and the distribution of irradiation induced dislocations at elevated strains. It is revealed that localized shear instability is caused by avalanche slip events of ½<111> dislocations gliding out of tested pillars. Simultaneously, a large number of sessile/immobile <100> dislocations formed in the vicinity of slip band, leading to the hardening at elevated strains.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
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