Microstructural characterization data of as received IG-110, 2114 and ETU-10 nuclear graphite grades and oxidation characterization data of IG-110

José David Arregui-Mena; D. V. Griffiths; Robert N. Worth; Christa E. Torrence; Aaron Selby; Cristian Contescu; Nidia Gallego; Philip D. Edmondson; Paul M. Mummery; Lee Margetts

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2022.108535

Microstructural characterization data of as received IG-110, 2114 and ETU-10 nuclear graphite grades and oxidation characterization data of IG-110

José David Arregui-Mena, D. V. Griffiths, Robert N. Worth, Christa E. Torrence, Aaron Selby, Cristian Contescu, Nidia Gallego, Philip D. Edmondson, Paul M. Mummery, Lee Margetts

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Abstract

This manuscript provides optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy micrographs that show the microstructure of three superfine nuclear graphite grades IG-110, 2114 and ETU-10. This collection of microstructural data showcases the microstructure of these materials and helps to differentiate the most important features or phases of these graphite grades. In particular, the microstructural data illustrate the filler and binder morphology of these grades. Moreover, samples of as-received and oxidized IG-110 were characterized via optical microscopy and x-ray computed tomography. The microstructural data of oxidized IG-110 shows the porosity generated by oxidation experiments. These micrographs and data provide a unique insight into the microstructural features and oxidation effects in nuclear graphite and can be used to perform quantitative porosity analysis. This collection of microstructural data complements the modeling and characterization described in the associated manuscript, “Using porous random fields to predict the elastic modulus of unoxidized and oxidized superfine graphite (Arregui-Mena et al., 2022).”

Original language	English
Article number	108535
Journal	Data in Brief
Volume	44
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108535
State	Published - Oct 2022

Funding

This work was supported by the US Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Nuclear Energy, under the Advanced Reactor Technologies program. This work was also supported by the Office of Nuclear Energy under DOE Idaho Operations Office Contract DE-AC07- 051D14517 as part of a Nuclear Science User Facilities experiment. A portion of this research used the resources of the Low Activation Materials Development and Analysis Laboratory, a DOE Office of Science research facility operated by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). ORNL is managed by UT-Battelle under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725. Lee Margetts was supported by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council grants EP/N026136/1 and EP/T026782/1 awarded in the United Kingdom. The authors would like to thank Hughie Spinoza for his valuable comments and discussion. This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy (DOE). The US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan ( http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan ).

Funders	Funder number
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Nuclear Energy	DE-AC07- 051D14517
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
UT-Battelle	DE-AC05-00OR22725
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council	EP/N026136/1, EP/T026782/1

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MICROSCOPY
Microstructure
Modelling
Nuclear graphite
SEM
TEM

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Arregui-Mena, J. D., Griffiths, D. V., Worth, R. N., Torrence, C. E., Selby, A., Contescu, C., Gallego, N., Edmondson, P. D., Mummery, P. M., & Margetts, L. (2022). Microstructural characterization data of as received IG-110, 2114 and ETU-10 nuclear graphite grades and oxidation characterization data of IG-110. Data in Brief, 44, Article 108535. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108535

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