SEDL / STP / STP955-EB / STP33855S



Solute Segregation and Microstructural Evolution in Ion-Irradiated Vanadium-Base Alloys

Loomis, BA
Metallurgist, scientific assistant, and scientific assistant, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne,IL

Kestel, BJ
Metallurgist, scientific assistant, and scientific assistant, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne,IL

Gerber, SB
Metallurgist, scientific assistant, and scientific assistant, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne,IL


Pages: 13    Published: Jan 1987


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Source: STP955-EB


Abstract

The microstructural evolution in V + 14.7 Cr, V + 2.5 Mo, V + 2.5 W, V + 8.0 Ni, V + 5.3 Ti, V + 14.7 Cr + 5.2 Ti, V + 9.6 Cr + 3.1 Fe + 0.7 Zr, and V + 3.2 Ti + 1.8 Si alloys (concentrations in atomic percent), and unalloyed V was determined from observations of specimens by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) following 4.0-MeV 51V++ ion irradiation at 900 to 970 K to 50 dpa. The radiation-induced segregation (RIS) of solutes in the ion-irradiated alloys was investigated by auger electron spectroscopy (AES), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDXS), and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) analyses. The RIS of solutes and microstructural evolution in the irradiated alloys were correlated with the solute diffusivity and the relative chemical affinity of the substitutional solutes for oxygen.


Keywords:
ion irradiation, vanadium, vanadium alloys, swelling, compositional dependence, precipitates

Paper ID: STP33855S
Committee/Subcommittee: E10.07
DOI: 10.1520/STP33855S
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