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Ion Damage in a Fe-10Cr-6Mo-0.5Nb Ferritic Steel

Farrell, K
Senior research staff and research staff members,Oak Ridge National Laboratory,TN,

Lee, EH
Senior research staff and research staff members,Oak Ridge National Laboratory,TN,


Pages: 10    Published: Jan 1987


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Source: STP955-EB


Abstract

An annealed-and-aged ferritic steel containing fine NbC precipitates and relatively coarse particles of Laves phase was bombarded with 4-MeV iron ions to 100 displacements per atom (dpa) at 400 to 600°C. Much of the damage structure consisted of dislocation tangles that coarsened with increasing temperature. Cavity formation began at 450°C, peaked at about 535°C, and was absent at 600°C. Maximum swelling was only 0.2%. The Laves particles exhibited recoil dissolution and restructuring. Bombardments with Fe + He + D or Fe + He beams at ratios of 10 atomic parts per million (appm) He/dpa and 45 appm D/dpa introduced high concentrations of very small bubbles and comparatively few larger, bias-driven cavities. The latter were initiated at bubble clusters on NbC particles. Maximum swelling of 0.75% occurred at 550°C. Recoil dissolution of the Laves phase was retarded by the gases. Large critical cavity sizes and unbalanced dislocation and cavity sink strengths contribute to low swelling of this alloy.


Keywords:
ferritic steels, heavy ion bombardments, swelling, microstructural damage, helium effects, critical cavity size

Paper ID: STP33839S
Committee/Subcommittee: E10.07
DOI: 10.1520/STP33839S
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