i RadMat: A thermo-mechanical testing system for in situ high-energy X-ray characterization of radioactive specimens

Zhang, Xuan; Xu, Chi; Wang, Leyun; Chen, Yiren; Li, Meimei; Almer, Jonathan D.; Benda, Erika; Kenesei, Peter; Mashayekhi, Ali; Park, Jun -Sang; Westferro, Frank J.

doi:10.1063/1.4974246

Title: i RadMat: A thermo-mechanical testing system for in situ high-energy X-ray characterization of radioactive specimens

Abstract

Here, we present an in situ Radiated Materials (iRadMat) experimental module designed to interface with a servo-hydraulic load frame for X-ray measurements at beamline 1-ID at the Advanced Photon Source. This new capability allows in situ studies of radioactive specimens subject to thermo-mechanical loading using a suite of high-energy X-ray scattering and imaging techniques. The iRadMat is a radiation-shielded vacuum heating system with the sample rotation-under-load capability. We describe the design features and performances of the iRadMat and present a dataset from a 300 °C uniaxial tensile test of a neutron-irradiated pure Fe specimen to demonstrate its capabilities.

Authors:

^[1];

^[2]; Wang, Leyun ^[3]; Chen, Yiren ^[1];

^[1]; Almer, Jonathan D. ^[1];

^[1]; Kenesei, Peter ^[1]; Mashayekhi, Ali ^[1]; Park, Jun -Sang ^[1]; Westferro, Frank J. ^[1]

Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States); Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States); Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai (China)

Publication Date:: Fri Jan 27 00:00:00 EST 2017

Research Org.:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE); Nuclear Energy Enabling Technologies (NEET)

OSTI Identifier:: 1344530

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1361743

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Review of Scientific Instruments

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 88; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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                    Zhang, Xuan, Xu, Chi, Wang, Leyun, Chen, Yiren, Li, Meimei, Almer, Jonathan D., Benda, Erika, Kenesei, Peter, Mashayekhi, Ali, Park, Jun -Sang, and Westferro, Frank J. i RadMat: A thermo-mechanical testing system for in situ high-energy X-ray characterization of radioactive specimens.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Zhang, Xuan, Xu, Chi, Wang, Leyun, Chen, Yiren, Li, Meimei, Almer, Jonathan D., Benda, Erika, Kenesei, Peter, Mashayekhi, Ali, Park, Jun -Sang, & Westferro, Frank J. i RadMat: A thermo-mechanical testing system for in situ high-energy X-ray characterization of radioactive specimens.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4974246

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                    Zhang, Xuan, Xu, Chi, Wang, Leyun, Chen, Yiren, Li, Meimei, Almer, Jonathan D., Benda, Erika, Kenesei, Peter, Mashayekhi, Ali, Park, Jun -Sang, and Westferro, Frank J. Fri .  
"i RadMat: A thermo-mechanical testing system for in situ high-energy X-ray characterization of radioactive specimens".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4974246.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1344530.

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@article{osti_1344530,

  title        = {i RadMat: A thermo-mechanical testing system for in situ high-energy X-ray characterization of radioactive specimens},

  author       = {Zhang, Xuan and Xu, Chi and Wang, Leyun and Chen, Yiren and Li, Meimei and Almer, Jonathan D. and Benda, Erika and Kenesei, Peter and Mashayekhi, Ali and Park, Jun -Sang and Westferro, Frank J.},

  abstractNote = {Here, we present an in situ Radiated Materials (iRadMat) experimental module designed to interface with a servo-hydraulic load frame for X-ray measurements at beamline 1-ID at the Advanced Photon Source. This new capability allows in situ studies of radioactive specimens subject to thermo-mechanical loading using a suite of high-energy X-ray scattering and imaging techniques. The iRadMat is a radiation-shielded vacuum heating system with the sample rotation-under-load capability. We describe the design features and performances of the iRadMat and present a dataset from a 300 °C uniaxial tensile test of a neutron-irradiated pure Fe specimen to demonstrate its capabilities.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.4974246},

  journal      = {Review of Scientific Instruments},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 88,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Jan 27 00:00:00 EST 2017},

  month        = {Fri Jan 27 00:00:00 EST 2017}

}

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