Temperature dependence of underdense nanostructure formation in tungsten under helium irradiation
Abstract
Recently, tungsten has been found to form a highly underdense nanostructured morphology (“W fuzz”) when bombarded by an intense flux of He ions, but only in the temperature window 900–2000 K. Furthermore, using object kinetic Monte Carlo simulations (pseudo-3D simulations) parameterized from first principles, we show that this temperature dependence can be understood based on He and point defect clustering, cluster growth, and detrapping reactions. At low temperatures (<900 K), fuzz does not grow because almost all He is trapped in very small He-vacancy clusters. At high temperatures (>2300 K), all He is detrapped from clusters, preventing the formation of the large clusters that lead to fuzz growth in the intermediate temperature range.
- Authors:
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- Univ. Politecnica de Madrid, Madrid (Spain)
- Univ. Catolica de Murcia, Murcia (Spain)
- Univ. of Helsinki, Helsinki (Finland); National Research Nuclear Univ. MEPhI, Moscow (Russia)
- Univ. of Helsinki, Helsinki (Finland); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Univ. of Helsinki, Helsinki (Finland)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1376343
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Nuclear Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 490; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0022-3115
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; Tungsten; Helium irradiation; Fuzz nanostructures; OKMC simulations; Temperature
Citation Formats
Valles, G., Martin-Bragado, I., Nordlund, K., Lasa, A., Björkas, C., Safi, E., Perlado, J. M., and Rivera, A. Temperature dependence of underdense nanostructure formation in tungsten under helium irradiation. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.04.021.
Valles, G., Martin-Bragado, I., Nordlund, K., Lasa, A., Björkas, C., Safi, E., Perlado, J. M., & Rivera, A. Temperature dependence of underdense nanostructure formation in tungsten under helium irradiation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.04.021
Valles, G., Martin-Bragado, I., Nordlund, K., Lasa, A., Björkas, C., Safi, E., Perlado, J. M., and Rivera, A. Wed .
"Temperature dependence of underdense nanostructure formation in tungsten under helium irradiation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.04.021. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1376343.
@article{osti_1376343,
title = {Temperature dependence of underdense nanostructure formation in tungsten under helium irradiation},
author = {Valles, G. and Martin-Bragado, I. and Nordlund, K. and Lasa, A. and Björkas, C. and Safi, E. and Perlado, J. M. and Rivera, A.},
abstractNote = {Recently, tungsten has been found to form a highly underdense nanostructured morphology (“W fuzz”) when bombarded by an intense flux of He ions, but only in the temperature window 900–2000 K. Furthermore, using object kinetic Monte Carlo simulations (pseudo-3D simulations) parameterized from first principles, we show that this temperature dependence can be understood based on He and point defect clustering, cluster growth, and detrapping reactions. At low temperatures (<900 K), fuzz does not grow because almost all He is trapped in very small He-vacancy clusters. At high temperatures (>2300 K), all He is detrapped from clusters, preventing the formation of the large clusters that lead to fuzz growth in the intermediate temperature range.},
doi = {10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.04.021},
journal = {Journal of Nuclear Materials},
number = C,
volume = 490,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 19 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Wed Apr 19 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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