RECENT PROGRESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DUCTILE-PHASE TOUGHENED TUNGSTEN FOR PLASMA-FACING MATERIALS: W-Ni-Fe COMPOSITES
A promising approach to increasing fracture toughness and decreasing the DBTT of a W-alloy is by ductile-phase toughening (DPT). In this method, a ductile phase is included in a brittle matrix to prevent fracture propagation by crack bridging or crack deflection. Liquid-phase sintered W-Ni-Fe alloys consisting of nearly spherical W-particles embedded within a Ni-Fe-W ductile matrix are being manipulated by hot-rolling to create lamellar W/Fe-Ni-W composites with anisotropic fracture properties. The rolled W-Ni-Fe alloy becomes a lamellar alloy consisting of W lamellae separated by ductile-phase regions. The W-rich lamellae are strong but brittle, while the ductile-phase metallic regions have a thin, plate-like morphology to provide a ductile bridging region. This rolled material is oriented with the W-rich lamellae parallel to principal stresses so that surface cracking is normal to the ductile-phase bridging regions.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 1327175
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-111928; AT6020100
- Resource Relation:
- Related Information: Fusion Reactor Materials Program Semiannual Progress Report For the Period Ending June 30, 2015, 58:130-139. DOE/ER-0313/58
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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