Journal
JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
Volume 559, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2021.153435
Keywords
Irradiation hardening; Atom probe tomography; Nanoindentation; Reactor pressure vessel steels; Nanoscale clustering
Funding
- UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) [EP/P005101/1, EP/P005640/1, EP/P003591/1]
- UK's National Nuclear User Facility
- Henry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials
- EPSRC [EP/M022803/1]
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The neutron irradiation response of a novel hot isostatically pressed SA508 Grade3 steel was studied to investigate the influence of its unconventional microstructure on radiation response. The role of elevated ferrite fraction was found to be significant in neutron irradiation.
The neutron irradiation response of a novel hot isostatically pressed SA508 Grade3 steel was studied, such to deduce any influence this unconventional RPV microstructure has on radiation response. In particular, the role of elevated ferrite fraction was investigated. Neutron irradiation was conducted at 155 +/- 10 degrees C to induce 0.1dpa of damage, this corresponded 2.53 +/- 0.63 GPa hardening for the ferrite and 1.94 +/- 0.57 GPa for the bainite as measured by nanoindentation. Atom probe tomography detected the presence of MnNi-Si type clusters in both microconstituent phases. The ferrite microstructure showed a greater percentage of solute atoms available to form clusters than bainite, but it also contained a lower cluster volume fraction and number density compared to the bainite.(c) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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