Irradiation-induced precipitation and mechanical properties of vanadium alloys at <430 C
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
Recent attention to V-base alloys has focused on the effect of low-temperature (<430 C) irradiation on tensile and impact properties of V-4Cr-4Ti. In previous studies, dislocation channeling, which causes flow localization and severe loss of work-hardening capability, has been attributed to dense, irradiation-induced precipitation of very fine particles. However, efforts to identify the precipitates were unsuccessful until now. In this study, analysis by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was conducted on unalloyed V, V-5Ti, V-3Ti-1Si, and V-4Cr-4Ti specimens that were irradiated at <430 C in conventional and dynamic helium charging experiments. By means of dark-field imaging and selected-area-diffraction analysis, the characteristic precipitates were identified to be (V,Ti{sub 1{minus}x})(C,O,N). In V-3Ti-1Si, precipitation of (V,Ti{sub 1{minus}x})(C,O,N) was negligible at <430 C, and as a result, dislocation channeling did not occur and work-hardening capability was high.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 330611
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER-0313/24; ON: DE98007433; TRN: 99:005066
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Sep 1998; Related Information: Is Part Of Fusion materials semiannual progress report for the period ending June 30, 1998; Burn, G. [ed.] [comp.]; PB: 314 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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