Thermal conductivity of irradiated tetragonal lithium aluminate

Ortiz, Víctor H.; Jiang, Weilin; Casella, Andrew M.; Senor, David J.; Devanathan, Ram; Hosseini, S. Aria; Greaney, P. Alex; Wilson, Richard B.

doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2024.155585

Title: Thermal conductivity of irradiated tetragonal lithium aluminate

Journal Article · 15 January 2025 · Journal of Nuclear Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2024.155585 · OSTI ID:2500983

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University of California, Riverside, CA (United States)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

The effect of 120 keV He⁺+D⁺-ion irradiation on the thermal conductivity of ceramic tetragonal γ-LiAlO₂ is studied with time-domain thermoreflectance (TDTR) at temperatures between 300 and 700 K. The thermal conductivity of single crystal γ-LiAlO₂ is 13.5 W/(m·K) at 300 K, and scales with temperature like 1/T. The thermal conductivity of unirradiated polycrystalline γ-LiAlO₂ is 7.4 W/(m·K). Irradiation at fluences of 1 ×, 5 ×, and 10 × 10¹⁶ ions/cm² decreases the thermal conductivity by ≈ 30 %, 80 %, and 90 %. The effect of irradiation is saturated at ion fluences of 10¹⁷ ions/cm². Irradiation decreases the temperature dependence of the thermal conductivity. For ion fluences larger than 10¹⁷ ions/cm², the thermal conductivity reaches a minimum value of ≈ 1 W/(m·K) that is independent of temperature.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Security

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 2500983

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA--195405

Journal Information:: Journal of Nuclear Materials, Journal Name: Journal of Nuclear Materials Vol. 606; ISSN 0022-3115

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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