Radiation response of oxide-dispersion-strengthened alloy MA956 after self-ion irradiation Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • 2017 We studied the radiation-induced microstructural evolution of an oxide-dispersion-strengthened (ODS) ferritic alloy, MA956, to 180 dpa using 3.5 MeV Fe2+ ions. Post-irradiation examination showed that voids formed rather early and almost exclusively at the particle-matrix interfaces. Surprisingly, voids formed even in the injected interstitial zone. Comparisons with studies on other ODS alloys with smaller and largely coherent dispersoids irradiated at similar conditions revealed that the larger and not completely coherent oxide particles in MA956 serve as defect collectors which promote nucleation of voids at their interface. The interface configuration, which is related to particle type, crystal structure and size, is one of the important factors determining the defect-sink properties of particle-matrix interfaces.

published proceedings

  • NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS

author list (cited authors)

  • Chen, T., Kim, H., Gigax, J. G., Chen, D. i., Wei, C., Garner, F. A., & Shao, L.

citation count

  • 12

complete list of authors

  • Chen, Tianyi||Kim, Hyosim||Gigax, Jonathan G||Chen, Di||Wei, Chao-Chen||Garner, FA||Shao, Lin

publication date

  • October 2017