4.7 Article Proceedings Paper

Neutron irradiation effects on the microstructural development of tungsten and tungsten alloys

Journal

JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
Volume 471, Issue -, Pages 175-183

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2015.10.047

Keywords

Tungsten; High-heat-flux materials; Radiation damage; Transmutation effects

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Data on the microstructural development of tungsten (W) and tungsten rhenium (Re) alloys were obtained after neutron irradiation at 400-800 degrees C in the Japan Materials Testing Reactor (JMTR), the experimental fast test reactor Joyo, and the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) for irradiation damage levels in the range of 0.09-1.54 displacement per atom (dpa). Microstructural observations showed that a small amount of Re (3-5%) in WeRe alloys is effective in suppressing void formation. In WeRe alloys with Re concentrations greater than 10%, acicular precipitates are the primary structural defects. In the HFIR-irradiated specimen, in which a large amount of Re was expected to be produced by the nuclear transmutation of W to Re because of the reactor's high thermal neutron flux, voids were not observed even in pure W. The synergistic effects of displacement damage and solid transmutation elements on microstructural development are discussed, and the microstructural development of tungsten materials utilized in fusion reactors is predicted. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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