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Swelling Simulation Studies of Type 316 Stainless Steel

Ellis, JA
Associate engineer, manager, and senior engineer,General Electric Company,Calif.,

Appleby, WK
Associate engineer, manager, and senior engineer,General Electric Company,Calif.,

Lauritzen, T
Associate engineer, manager, and senior engineer,General Electric Company,Calif.,


Pages: 13    Published: Jan 1976


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Abstract

The effects of some compositional and processing variations on the irradiation-induced swelling of 20 percent cold-worked Type 316 stainless steel have been investigated. Bombardment by 5-MeV nickel ions was used to simulate the fast neutron irradiation which occurs in breeder reactor core components. Swelling in cold-worked Type 316 was found to be lowered by additions of silicon and molybdenum. Swelling was also reduced by increasing the solution-annealing temperature prior to the final cold-working operation.


Keywords:
radiation, irradiation, neutron irradiation, stainless steels, swelling, voids

Paper ID: STP38049S
Committee/Subcommittee: E10.08
DOI: 10.1520/STP38049S
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