TY - JOUR
T1 - Microstructural response of titanium-modified austenitic stainless steels to neutron exposure of 70 dpa in FFTF/MOTA
AU - Katoh, Yutai
AU - Kohno, Yutaka
AU - Kohyama, Akira
PY - 1994/9
Y1 - 1994/9
N2 - JPCA, a titanium-modified austenitic stainless steel, in solution-annealed or cold-worked condition and a compositionally modified JPCA in solution-annealed condition were examined by transmission electron microscopy following irradiation in FFTF/MOTA to an exposure level of up to about 70 dpa at 390 to 600°C. At lower temperatures, all the materials developed qualitatively similar cavity-, dislocation- and precipitate-microstructures. The lower-temperature swelling peak, which appeared at near 410°C, was more efficiently suppressed by phosphorus addition than cold-working. Irradiation at or above 520°C produced substantially large swelling in solution-annealed JPCA. The cavities contributed to this higher-temperature swelling developed in association with M6C-type precipitates. Neither cavities other than very small helium bubbles nor massive particles of M6C-type precipitates were observed in cold-worked and phosphorus-modified materials, in which MC-type precipitates developed at very high concentration. The effect of pre-irradiation microstructure and compositional modification on the behavior of these precipitates is discussed.
AB - JPCA, a titanium-modified austenitic stainless steel, in solution-annealed or cold-worked condition and a compositionally modified JPCA in solution-annealed condition were examined by transmission electron microscopy following irradiation in FFTF/MOTA to an exposure level of up to about 70 dpa at 390 to 600°C. At lower temperatures, all the materials developed qualitatively similar cavity-, dislocation- and precipitate-microstructures. The lower-temperature swelling peak, which appeared at near 410°C, was more efficiently suppressed by phosphorus addition than cold-working. Irradiation at or above 520°C produced substantially large swelling in solution-annealed JPCA. The cavities contributed to this higher-temperature swelling developed in association with M6C-type precipitates. Neither cavities other than very small helium bubbles nor massive particles of M6C-type precipitates were observed in cold-worked and phosphorus-modified materials, in which MC-type precipitates developed at very high concentration. The effect of pre-irradiation microstructure and compositional modification on the behavior of these precipitates is discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/0022-3115(94)90105-8
DO - 10.1016/0022-3115(94)90105-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0028497615
SN - 0022-3115
VL - 212-215
SP - 464
EP - 470
JO - Journal of Nuclear Materials
JF - Journal of Nuclear Materials
IS - PART 1
ER -