ISEC-3: Results from the third in-situ electrical conductivity test on polycrystaline alumina
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
An experimental investigation of radiation induced electrical degradation (RIED) has been performed at the High Flux Beam Reactor (HFBR) at Brookhaven National Laboratory. In this study (the third in a series of experiments at the HFBR) the effects of neutron irradiation on the electrical conductivity of Wesgo AL995 polycrystalline alumina has been investigated at approximately 450{degrees}C. The capsule design used in this study is very similiar to a design used in the first two experiments in this series with some improvements made to a design used in the first two experiments in this series with some improvements made in the cable terminations. A guard ring configuration was used on the disk shaped sample. Triaxial mineral insulated cable was used as the data lead from the sputter deposited guard ring and central electrode of the sample, and coaxial mineral insulated cable was used as the sample power lead. No evidence for REID was observed in this series of experiments to a dose level of {approx}1.8 dpa. The effect of neutron irradiation on the electrical properties of two mineral insulated (MgO) cables was also investigated.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 270457
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER-0313/19; ORNL/M-5023; ON: DE96010874; TRN: 96:016904
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Apr 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Fusion materials semiannual progress report for the period ending December 31, 1995; PB: 336 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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