Hardening mechanisms of reduced activation ferritic/martensitic steels irradiated at 300 °C

Hiroyasu Tanigawa, Ronald L. Klueh, Naoyuki Hashimoto, Mikhail A. Sokolov

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Abstract

It has been reported that reduced-activation ferritic/martensitic steels (RAFMs), such as F82H, ORNL9Cr-2WVTa, and JLF-1 showed a variety of changes in ductile-brittle transition temperature and yield stress after irradiation at 300 °C up to 5 dpa, and those differences could not be interpreted solely by the difference of dislocation microstructure induced by irradiation. In this paper, various microstructural analyses on low-temperature irradiated RAFMs were summarized with the emphasis on F82H, and a possible mechanism for the irradiation hardening was suggested. The possible contribution of dislocation channeling structure and back stress were indicated.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)231-235
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Nuclear Materials
Volume386-388
Issue numberC
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 30 2009

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