SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1976
STP38054S

Dependence of Void Swelling on the Electron Vacancy Concentration

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Large variations have been noted between the swelling of different iron, chromium, nickel alloys and suggestions have been made that the differences are due to variations in the carbon, silicon, phosphorus, and nickel content of the alloys. Harries has postulated that variations in the solute concentration of the gamma matrix could be responsible for the different swelling behavior and that the formation of any second phase which leads to a depletion in the solute concentration will in turn lead to an impairment in swelling resistance. The swelling of several commercial alloys irradiated at 600°C (1112°F) in the Dounreay Fast Reactor lend general support to Harries' suggestion and the swelling at 30 atomic displacements per atom (dpa) has been shown to increase with the calculated equilibrium fraction of sigma phase. A superior correlation has been shown to exist between the swelling and calculated electron vacancy concentration of the matrix and a critical value of 2.58 electron vacancies per atom has been observed above which swelling increases rapidly and below which swelling is small.

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Watkin, JS
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Springfields, Preston, England
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Developed by Committee: E10
Pages: 270–283
DOI: 10.1520/STP38054S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-5543-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-0388-7