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Title: Radiation effects on interface reactions of U/Fe, U/(Fe+Cr), and U/(Fe+Cr+Ni)

Abstract

We study the effects of radiation damage on interdiffusion and intermetallic phase formation at the interfaces of U/Fe, U/(Fe + Cr), and U/(Fe + Cr + Ni) diffusion couples. Magnetron sputtering is used to deposit thin films of Fe, Fe + Cr, or Fe + Cr + Ni on U substrates to form the diffusion couples. One set of samples are thermally annealed under high vacuum at 450 C or 550 C for one hour. A second set of samples are annealed identically but with concurrent 3.5 MeV Fe++ ion irradiation. The Fe++ ion penetration depth is sufficient to reach the original interfaces. Rutherford backscattering spectrometry analysis with high fidelity spectral simulations is used to obtain interdiffusion profiles, which are used to examine differences in U diffusion and intermetallic phase formation at the buried interfaces. For all three diffusion systems, Fe++ ion irradiations enhance U diffusion. Furthermore, the irradiations accelerate the formation of intermetallic phases. In U/Fe couples, for example, the unirradiated samples show typical interdiffusion governed by Fick’s laws, while the irradiated ones show step-like profiles influenced by Gibbs phase rules.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [3]
  1. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
  2. Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (United States). Materials Science and Engineering
  3. Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States). Materials and Nuclear Fuel Performance
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
OSTI Identifier:
1177664
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1246620
Report Number(s):
INL/JOU-14-33820
Journal ID: ISSN 0022-3115; PII: S0022311514006369; TRN: US1500495
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC07-05ID14517
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Nuclear Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 456; 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; interdiffusion; fuel–cladding

Citation Formats

Shao, Lin, Chen, Di, Wei, Chaochen, Martin, Michael S., Wang, Xuemei, Park, Youngjoo, Dein, Ed, Coffey, Kevin R., Sohn, Yongho, Sencer, Bulent H., and Rory Kennedy, J. Radiation effects on interface reactions of U/Fe, U/(Fe+Cr), and U/(Fe+Cr+Ni). United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.09.046.
Shao, Lin, Chen, Di, Wei, Chaochen, Martin, Michael S., Wang, Xuemei, Park, Youngjoo, Dein, Ed, Coffey, Kevin R., Sohn, Yongho, Sencer, Bulent H., & Rory Kennedy, J. Radiation effects on interface reactions of U/Fe, U/(Fe+Cr), and U/(Fe+Cr+Ni). United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.09.046
Shao, Lin, Chen, Di, Wei, Chaochen, Martin, Michael S., Wang, Xuemei, Park, Youngjoo, Dein, Ed, Coffey, Kevin R., Sohn, Yongho, Sencer, Bulent H., and Rory Kennedy, J. 2014. "Radiation effects on interface reactions of U/Fe, U/(Fe+Cr), and U/(Fe+Cr+Ni)". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.09.046. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1177664.
@article{osti_1177664,
title = {Radiation effects on interface reactions of U/Fe, U/(Fe+Cr), and U/(Fe+Cr+Ni)},
author = {Shao, Lin and Chen, Di and Wei, Chaochen and Martin, Michael S. and Wang, Xuemei and Park, Youngjoo and Dein, Ed and Coffey, Kevin R. and Sohn, Yongho and Sencer, Bulent H. and Rory Kennedy, J.},
abstractNote = {We study the effects of radiation damage on interdiffusion and intermetallic phase formation at the interfaces of U/Fe, U/(Fe + Cr), and U/(Fe + Cr + Ni) diffusion couples. Magnetron sputtering is used to deposit thin films of Fe, Fe + Cr, or Fe + Cr + Ni on U substrates to form the diffusion couples. One set of samples are thermally annealed under high vacuum at 450 C or 550 C for one hour. A second set of samples are annealed identically but with concurrent 3.5 MeV Fe++ ion irradiation. The Fe++ ion penetration depth is sufficient to reach the original interfaces. Rutherford backscattering spectrometry analysis with high fidelity spectral simulations is used to obtain interdiffusion profiles, which are used to examine differences in U diffusion and intermetallic phase formation at the buried interfaces. For all three diffusion systems, Fe++ ion irradiations enhance U diffusion. Furthermore, the irradiations accelerate the formation of intermetallic phases. In U/Fe couples, for example, the unirradiated samples show typical interdiffusion governed by Fick’s laws, while the irradiated ones show step-like profiles influenced by Gibbs phase rules.},
doi = {10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.09.046},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1177664}, journal = {Journal of Nuclear Materials},
issn = {0022-3115},
number = C,
volume = 456,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}

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