Abstract
Advanced ODS alloys provide exceptional radiation tolerance and high-temperature mechanical properties when compared to traditional ferritic and ferritic/martensitic (F/M) steels. Their remarkable properties result from ultrahigh density and ultrafine size of Y-Ti-O nanoclusters within the ferritic matrix. In this work, we applied a high-energy synchrotron radiation X-ray to study the deformation process of three advanced ODS materials including 14YWT, MA957, and 9-Cr ODS steel. Only the relatively large nanoparticles in the 9-Cr ODS were observed in the synchrotron X-ray diffraction. The nanoclusters in both 14YWT and MA957 were invisible in the measurement due to their non-stoichiometric nature. Due to the different sizes of nanoparticles and nanoclusters in the materials, the Orowan looping was considered to be the major strengthening mechanism in the 9-Cr ODS, while the dispersed-barrier-hardening is dominant strengthening mechanism in both 14YWT and MA957, This analysis was inferred from the different build-up rates of dislocation density when plastic deformation was initiated. Finally, the dislocation densities interpreted from the X-ray measurements were successfully modeled using the Bergström's dislocation models.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 289-298 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Journal of Nuclear Materials |
Volume | 471 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 1 2016 |
Funding
This work was supported by the Department of Energy, NEUP program under Award Number 13-5408. Argonne National Laboratory's work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC-02-06CH11357 between UChicago Argonne, LLC and the Department of Energy. The author(s) gratefully acknowledge the support of the International Institute for Carbon Neutral Energy Research (WPI–I2CNER), sponsored by the World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI), MEXT, Japan.
Funders | Funder number |
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U.S. Department of Energy | DE-AC02-06CH11357 |
Nuclear Energy University Program | 13-5408 |
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | |
International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research, Kyushu University | WPI–I2CNER |
Keywords
- Advanced ODS alloys
- Deformation
- Dislocation density
- High-energy X-ray diffraction
- In-situ tensile test