Microstructural evolution and transmutation in tungsten under ion and neutron irradiation

Lloyd, Matthew J.; Haley, Jack; Jim, Bethany; Abernethy, Robert; Gilbert, Mark R.; Martinez, Enrique; Hattar, Khalid; El-Atwani, Osman; Nguyen-Manh, Duc; Moody, Michael P.; Bagot, Paul A. J.; Armstrong, David E. J.

doi:10.1016/j.mtla.2023.101991

Title: Microstructural evolution and transmutation in tungsten under ion and neutron irradiation

Journal Article · 20 December 2023 · Materialia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2023.101991 · OSTI ID:2405116

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Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom); UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), Culham (United Kingdom); Univ. of Birmingham (United Kingdom)
Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom); UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), Culham (United Kingdom)
Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom)
UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), Culham (United Kingdom); Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Clemson Univ., SC (United States)
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

This study aims to compare the effects of neutron and self-ion irradiation on the mechanical properties and microstructural evolution in W. Neutron irradiation at the HFR reactor to 1.67 dpa at 800 °C resulted in the formation of large Re and Os rich clusters and voids. The post-irradiation composition was measured using APT and verfified against FISPACT modelling. The measured Re and Os concentration was used to create alloys with equivalent concentrations of Re and Os. These alloys were exposed to self-ion irradiation to a peak dose of 1.7 dpa at 800 °C. APT showed that self-ion irradiation leads to the formation of small Os clusters, wheras under neutron irradiation large Re/Os clusters form. Voids are formed by both ion and neutron irradiation, but the voids formed by neutron irradiation are larger. By comparing the behaviour of W-1.4Re and W-1.4Re-0.1Os, suppression of Re cluster formation was observed. Irradiation hardening was measured using nanoindentation and was found to be 2.7 GPa, after neutron irradiation and 1.6 GPa and 0.6 GPa for the self-ion irradiated W-1.4Re and W-1.4Re-0.1Os. The higher hardening is attributed to the barrier strength of large voids and Re/Os clusters that are observed after neutron irradiation.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830; NA0003525

OSTI ID:: 2405116

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA--195039

Journal Information:: Materialia, Journal Name: Materialia Vol. 33; ISSN 2589-1529

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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