SEM and TEM data of nuclear graphite and glassy carbon microstructures
Abstract
Micrographs of multiple nuclear graphite grades were captured using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), complementing the data contained in the related manuscript, “A multi-technique image library of nuclear graphite microstructures of historical and modern grades.” The SEM micrographs show the differences among filler particles, binder, and thermal cracks contained in nuclear graphite. This library of microstructures serves as a baseline of as-received material and enables understanding the phases and differences between nuclear grades. TEM micrographs included in this manuscript elucidate the content of a common material contained in the binder phase known as quinoline insoluble (QI) particles. These particles are a phase of graphite that can be used as a forensic fingerprint of the neutron irradiation effects in graphite. The manuscript also contains some data of glassy carbon, an allotrope of carbon that shares similarities with some of the chaotic structures in nuclear graphite. Combined, these micrographs provide a detailed overview of the microstructures of various graphite grades prior to neutron irradiation.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE); USDOE Office of Science (SC); Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1906233
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1906594
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC07- 051D14517; AC05-00OR22725; EP/N026136/1; EP/T026782/1
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Data in Brief
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Data in Brief Journal Volume: 46 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 2352-3409
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; nuclear graphite; SEM; TEM; microscopy; characterization
Citation Formats
Arregui-Mena, José David, Worth, Robert N., Bodel, William, März, Benjamin, Li, Wenjing, Selby, Aaron, Campbell, Anne A., Contescu, Cristian, Edmondson, Philip D., and Gallego, Nidia. SEM and TEM data of nuclear graphite and glassy carbon microstructures. United States: N. p., 2023.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.dib.2022.108808.
Arregui-Mena, José David, Worth, Robert N., Bodel, William, März, Benjamin, Li, Wenjing, Selby, Aaron, Campbell, Anne A., Contescu, Cristian, Edmondson, Philip D., & Gallego, Nidia. SEM and TEM data of nuclear graphite and glassy carbon microstructures. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108808
Arregui-Mena, José David, Worth, Robert N., Bodel, William, März, Benjamin, Li, Wenjing, Selby, Aaron, Campbell, Anne A., Contescu, Cristian, Edmondson, Philip D., and Gallego, Nidia. Wed .
"SEM and TEM data of nuclear graphite and glassy carbon microstructures". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108808.
@article{osti_1906233,
title = {SEM and TEM data of nuclear graphite and glassy carbon microstructures},
author = {Arregui-Mena, José David and Worth, Robert N. and Bodel, William and März, Benjamin and Li, Wenjing and Selby, Aaron and Campbell, Anne A. and Contescu, Cristian and Edmondson, Philip D. and Gallego, Nidia},
abstractNote = {Micrographs of multiple nuclear graphite grades were captured using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), complementing the data contained in the related manuscript, “A multi-technique image library of nuclear graphite microstructures of historical and modern grades.” The SEM micrographs show the differences among filler particles, binder, and thermal cracks contained in nuclear graphite. This library of microstructures serves as a baseline of as-received material and enables understanding the phases and differences between nuclear grades. TEM micrographs included in this manuscript elucidate the content of a common material contained in the binder phase known as quinoline insoluble (QI) particles. These particles are a phase of graphite that can be used as a forensic fingerprint of the neutron irradiation effects in graphite. The manuscript also contains some data of glassy carbon, an allotrope of carbon that shares similarities with some of the chaotic structures in nuclear graphite. Combined, these micrographs provide a detailed overview of the microstructures of various graphite grades prior to neutron irradiation.},
doi = {10.1016/j.dib.2022.108808},
journal = {Data in Brief},
number = C,
volume = 46,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2023},
month = {Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2023}
}
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