Transition in helium bubble strengthening of copper from quasi-static to dynamic deformation

Lear, Calvin Robert; Chancey, Matthew Ryan; Flanagan, Rachel; Gigax, Jonathan Gregory; Hoang, Mihn Tam; Jones, David Robert; Kim, Hyosim; Martinez, Daniel Tito; Morrow, Benjamin Mark; Mathew, Nithin; Wang, Yongqiang; Li, Nan; Payton, Jeremy Ronald; Prime, Michael Bruce; Fensin, Saryu Jindal

doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2023.118987

Title: Transition in helium bubble strengthening of copper from quasi-static to dynamic deformation

Journal Article · 05 May 2023 · Acta Materialia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2023.118987 · OSTI ID:1973817

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Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Northrop Grumman Corporation, San Diego, CA (United States)
Univ. of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN (United States)

Damage from low-temperature irradiation and the subsequent degradation of materials performance pose significant challenges for the storage of radioactive materials and for peripheral components in some nuclear reactor designs. Fully understanding the mechanical behavior of such materials requires test data for strain rates in both the quasi-static (< 10/s) and dynamic (>> 10/s) regimes. While dynamic testing has generally been avoided in the past for neutron irradiated (contamination concerns) and ion irradiated (insufficient volume) materials, surface-sensitive Richtmyer-Meshkov instability (RMI) tests were used in the present work to overcome these limitations. Here, nanopillar compression, nanoindentation, and RMI testing data from a helium implanted surface layer (~10 µm thick) were compiled to explore the effects of helium bubbles on the materials strength of high-purity copper at strain rates of 0.001/s – 10⁸/s. While nano-mechanical testing revealed increases in yield strength and hardness with increasing helium dose from 1000 to 4000 appm He, RMI indicated no significant changes in strength as compared to unimplanted copper. Here, this discrepancy in behavior was rationalized through a combination of recent literature and follow-on molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, leading to the conclusion that the nanoscale helium bubbles acting as dispersed barriers to dislocation motion at quasi-static strain rates collapse under shock loading and cease to be effective barriers at high strain rates.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001

OSTI ID:: 1973817

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-23-20570

Journal Information:: Acta Materialia, Journal Name: Acta Materialia Vol. 254; ISSN 1359-6454

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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