SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 2000
STP12425S

On the Role of Internal Stresses in Void Denuded Zone Formation Under HVEM-Irradiation of Metals and Alloys Preconditioned by Reactor Exposure

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Irradiation of thin metallic foils in a High Voltage Electron Microscope (HVEM) has been widely used for investigating void swelling. One of the observations in HVEM experiments is the formation of void denuded zones in foils prepared from metals and alloys preconditioned by neutron irradiation. Under electron irradiation, pre-existing voids shrink in regions near foil surfaces. Such a shrinkage is thought to occur without any transfer of vacancies to other voids and is proposed to be related to the interstitial flux exceeding the vacancy flux into near-surface voids. In the present paper internal stresses arising due to non-uniform swelling under conditions of HVEM irradiation are taken into consideration. It is demonstrated that by assuming the presence of sufficiently large stress gradients within the foil one can explain the origin of the void shrinkage in near-surface zones and also explain why a swelling enhancement is often observed on the boundary of the voided zone.

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Konobeev, YV
State Scientific Center of Russian Federation, Institute of Physics and Power Engineering, Obninsk, Russia
Pechenkin, VA
State Scientific Center of Russian Federation, Institute of Physics and Power Engineering, Obninsk, Russia
Garner, FA
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
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Developed by Committee: E10
Pages: 699–712
DOI: 10.1520/STP12425S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-5419-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-2852-1