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Title: Recent progress on understanding the temperature-dependent irradiation resistance ranking among NiFe, NiCoCr, and NiCoFeCr alloys: A review

Abstract

Systematic temperature-effects investigations on damage evolution in ion-irradiated Ni-based concentrated solid-solution alloys (CSAs) are pivotal to provide reliance on their use in nuclear applications. Here, in search of the origin behind the temperature-dependent irradiation resistance ranking among equiatomic NiFe, NiCoCr and NiCoFeCr alloys, we have compared, previously experimental and theoretical published data involving ion irradiation experiments performed on these alloys with new ion channeling results from ion-irradiated NiCoFeCr at 500 K. Moreover, the current results are compared with independent theoretical calculations and relevant TEM results from literature, which allow us to suggest that the lower migration energy of vacancies in NiCoCr, as compared with those in NiFe and NiCoFeCr, is the reason behind why NiCoCr is no longer outperforming NiFe under ion irradiation above 300 K.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [3];  [4];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [4];  [5]
  1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Magurele (Romania)
  2. University of Helsinki (Finland)
  3. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  4. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
  5. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States); University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
2242410
Report Number(s):
INL/JOU-23-75804-Rev000
Journal ID: ISSN 0884-2914
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC07-05ID14517; AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Materials Research
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 38; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 0884-2914
Publisher:
Springer Nature
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS; Concentrated solid-solution alloys; Ion irradiation; Vacancy mobility; Irradiation temperature

Citation Formats

Velişa, G., Granberg, F., Levo, E., Zhou, Y., Fan, Z., Bei, H., Tuomisto, F., Nordlund, K., Djurabekova, F., Weber, W. J., and Zhang, Y. Recent progress on understanding the temperature-dependent irradiation resistance ranking among NiFe, NiCoCr, and NiCoFeCr alloys: A review. United States: N. p., 2023. Web. doi:10.1557/s43578-023-00922-0.
Velişa, G., Granberg, F., Levo, E., Zhou, Y., Fan, Z., Bei, H., Tuomisto, F., Nordlund, K., Djurabekova, F., Weber, W. J., & Zhang, Y. Recent progress on understanding the temperature-dependent irradiation resistance ranking among NiFe, NiCoCr, and NiCoFeCr alloys: A review. United States. https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-023-00922-0
Velişa, G., Granberg, F., Levo, E., Zhou, Y., Fan, Z., Bei, H., Tuomisto, F., Nordlund, K., Djurabekova, F., Weber, W. J., and Zhang, Y. Mon . "Recent progress on understanding the temperature-dependent irradiation resistance ranking among NiFe, NiCoCr, and NiCoFeCr alloys: A review". United States. https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-023-00922-0. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2242410.
@article{osti_2242410,
title = {Recent progress on understanding the temperature-dependent irradiation resistance ranking among NiFe, NiCoCr, and NiCoFeCr alloys: A review},
author = {Velişa, G. and Granberg, F. and Levo, E. and Zhou, Y. and Fan, Z. and Bei, H. and Tuomisto, F. and Nordlund, K. and Djurabekova, F. and Weber, W. J. and Zhang, Y.},
abstractNote = {Systematic temperature-effects investigations on damage evolution in ion-irradiated Ni-based concentrated solid-solution alloys (CSAs) are pivotal to provide reliance on their use in nuclear applications. Here, in search of the origin behind the temperature-dependent irradiation resistance ranking among equiatomic NiFe, NiCoCr and NiCoFeCr alloys, we have compared, previously experimental and theoretical published data involving ion irradiation experiments performed on these alloys with new ion channeling results from ion-irradiated NiCoFeCr at 500 K. Moreover, the current results are compared with independent theoretical calculations and relevant TEM results from literature, which allow us to suggest that the lower migration energy of vacancies in NiCoCr, as compared with those in NiFe and NiCoFeCr, is the reason behind why NiCoCr is no longer outperforming NiFe under ion irradiation above 300 K.},
doi = {10.1557/s43578-023-00922-0},
journal = {Journal of Materials Research},
number = 6,
volume = 38,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 06 00:00:00 EST 2023},
month = {Mon Feb 06 00:00:00 EST 2023}
}

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