Irradiation-induced formation of a spinel phase at the FeCr/MgO interface

Xu, Yun; Yadav, Satyesh Kumar; Aguiar, Jeffery A.; Anderoglu, Osman; Baldwin, Jon Kevin; Wang, Yongqiang; Misra, Amit; Luo, Hongmei; Uberuaga, Blas P.; Li, Nan

doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2015.03.042

Title: Irradiation-induced formation of a spinel phase at the FeCr/MgO interface

Journal Article · Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Acta Materialia

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2015.03.042· OSTI ID:1248734

Xu, Yun ^[1]; Yadav, Satyesh Kumar ^[2]; Aguiar, Jeffery A. ^[2]; Anderoglu, Osman ^[2]; Baldwin, Jon Kevin ^[2]; Wang, Yongqiang ^[2]; Misra, Amit ^[3]; Luo, Hongmei ^[4]; Uberuaga, Blas P. ^[2]; Li, Nan ^[2]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM (United States)

Oxide dispersion strengthened ferritic/martensitic alloys have attracted significant attention for their potential uses in future nuclear reactors and storage vessels, as the metal/oxide interfaces act as stable high-strength sinks for point defects while also dispersing helium. Here, in order to unravel the evolution and interplay of interface structure and chemistry upon irradiation in these types of materials, an atomically sharp FeCr/MgO interface was synthesized at 500 °C and separately annealed and irradiated with Ni³⁺ ions at 500 °C. After annealing, a slight enrichment of Cr atoms was observed at the interface, but no other structural changes were found. However, under irradiation, sufficient Cr diffuses across the interface into the MgO to form a Cr-enriched transition layer that contains spinel precipitates. First-principles calculations indicate that it is energetically favorable to incorporate Cr, but not Fe, substitutionally into MgO. Furthermore, our results indicate that irradiation can be used to form new phases and complexions at interfaces, which may have different radiation tolerance than the pristine structures.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1248734

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1251005

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-15-22232; PII: S1359645415002189

Journal Information:: Acta Materialia, Vol. 93, Issue C; ISSN 1359-6454

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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