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Microstructure of a 14Cr-ODS ferritic steel before and after helium ion implantation

  • Chenyang Lu
  • , Zheng Lu
  • , Rui Xie
  • , Chunming Liu
  • , Lumin Wang
  • Northeastern University China
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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Abstract

A 14Cr-ODS ferritic steel with the nominal compositions of Fe-14Cr-2 W-0.3Ti-0.3Y2O3 (wt.%) was produced by mechanical alloying (MA) and hot isostatic pressing (HIP). Helium ion was implanted into the 14Cr-ODS steel along with Eurofer 97 steel as reference at 400 °C to a fluence of 1 × 1017 He+/cm2. High resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), high angle annual dark field (HAADF) scanning TEM (STEM) and atom probe tomography (APT) were used to characterize the microstructure of 14Cr-ODS and Eurofer 97 steels before and after helium implantation. High-density Y-Ti-O-rich nanoclusters and Y 2Ti2O7 precipitates as well as large Cr-Ti rich oxides were observed in the 14Cr-ODS steel. The average size of Y-Ti-O nanoclusters and Y2Ti2O7 precipitates is 9 nm. After helium implantation, the helium bubbles formed in the 14Cr-ODS steel exhibit the smaller size and the lower volume fraction than that in Eurofer 97 steel, indicating high-density nano-scale precipitates can effectively suppress the coarsening of helium bubbles.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)366-370
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Nuclear Materials
Volume455
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2014
Externally publishedYes

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