EFFECT OF TRITIUM AND DECAY HELIUM ON WELDMENT FRACTURE TOUGHNESS
Abstract
The fracture toughness data collected in this study are needed to assess the long-term effects of tritium and its decay product on tritium reservoirs. The results show that tritium and decay helium have negative effects on the fracture toughness properties of stainless steel and its weldments. The data and report from this study has been included in a material property database for use in tritium reservoir modeling efforts like the Technology Investment Program ''Lifecycle Engineering for Tritium Reservoirs''. A number of conclusions can be drawn from the data: (1) For unexposed Type 304L stainless steel, the fracture toughness of weldments was two to three times higher than the base metal toughness. (2) Tritium exposure lowered the fracture toughness properties of both base metals and weldments. This was characterized by lower J{sub Q} values and lower J-da curves. (3) Tritium-exposed-and-aged base metals and weldments had lower fracture toughness values than unexposed ones but still retained good toughness properties.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 891685
- Report Number(s):
- WSRC-STI-2006-00186
TRN: US200622%%305
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC09-96SR18500
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 27th Aging, Compatibility and Stockpile Stewardshipt Conference
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; AGING; COMPATIBILITY; DAUGHTER PRODUCTS; DECAY; FRACTURE PROPERTIES; HELIUM; SIMULATION; STAINLESS STEELS; STOCKPILES; TRITIUM
Citation Formats
Morgan, M, Scott West, S, and Michael Tosten, M. EFFECT OF TRITIUM AND DECAY HELIUM ON WELDMENT FRACTURE TOUGHNESS. United States: N. p., 2006.
Web.
Morgan, M, Scott West, S, & Michael Tosten, M. EFFECT OF TRITIUM AND DECAY HELIUM ON WELDMENT FRACTURE TOUGHNESS. United States.
Morgan, M, Scott West, S, and Michael Tosten, M. 2006.
"EFFECT OF TRITIUM AND DECAY HELIUM ON WELDMENT FRACTURE TOUGHNESS". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/891685.
@article{osti_891685,
title = {EFFECT OF TRITIUM AND DECAY HELIUM ON WELDMENT FRACTURE TOUGHNESS},
author = {Morgan, M and Scott West, S and Michael Tosten, M},
abstractNote = {The fracture toughness data collected in this study are needed to assess the long-term effects of tritium and its decay product on tritium reservoirs. The results show that tritium and decay helium have negative effects on the fracture toughness properties of stainless steel and its weldments. The data and report from this study has been included in a material property database for use in tritium reservoir modeling efforts like the Technology Investment Program ''Lifecycle Engineering for Tritium Reservoirs''. A number of conclusions can be drawn from the data: (1) For unexposed Type 304L stainless steel, the fracture toughness of weldments was two to three times higher than the base metal toughness. (2) Tritium exposure lowered the fracture toughness properties of both base metals and weldments. This was characterized by lower J{sub Q} values and lower J-da curves. (3) Tritium-exposed-and-aged base metals and weldments had lower fracture toughness values than unexposed ones but still retained good toughness properties.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2006},
month = {Tue Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2006}
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