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Fracture Toughness of Irradiated Candidate Materials for ITER First Wall/Blanket Structures Pages: 26 Published: Jan 1996
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View License Agreement Source: STP1270-EB Abstract Disk compact specimens of candidate materials for first wall/blanket structures in ITER have been irradiated to damage levels of about 3 dpa at nominal irradiation temperatures of either 90 or 250°C. These specimens have been tested over a temperature range from 20 to 250°C to determine J-integral values and tearing moduli. The results show that irradiation at these temperatures reduces the fracture toughness of austenitic stainless steels, but the toughness remains quite high. The toughness decreases as the test temperature increases. Irradiation at 250°C is more damaging than at 90°C, causing larger decreases in the fracture toughness. Ferritic-martensitic steels are embrittled by the irradiation, and show the lowest toughness at room temperature. Keywords: fracture toughness, austenitic stainless steels, disk compact, ferritic stainless steels, first wall/blanket structure, embrittlement, tearing modulus Paper ID: STP16518S Committee/Subcommittee: E10.08 DOI: 10.1520/STP16518S ASTM International is a member of CrossRef. | ||