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TEM study of irradiation induced copper precipitation in boron alloyed EUROFER97 steel

Dedicated to Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heinrich Wollenberger on the occasion of his 80th birthday
  • M. Klimenkov , P. Vladimirov , A. Möslang , E. Materna-Morris and H.-C. Schneider
Published/Copyright: May 18, 2013
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International Journal of Materials Research
From the journal International Journal of Materials Research Volume 102 Issue 9

Abstract

Specimens of the European reference 9Cr-WTaV steel EUROFER 97 alloyed with ∼0.1 wt.% 10B and 0.5 wt.% Cu were neutron irradiated up to 16 dpa at 300 and 400 °C to study an interplay between helium generated by nuclear reaction on 10B and copper precipitates on microstructure and mechanical properties. Before irradiation 2 – 3 nm copper clusters often trapped on grain or lath boundaries were observed. It was shown that after irradiation copper segregates either in the bulk material by forming Cu-clusters which are in many cases attached to helium bubbles or it further precipitates at lath and grain boundaries. The size of both copper clusters and helium bubbles increases with radiation temperature.

Keywords: EUROFER 97; Irradiation; Helium embrittlement; Copper precipitation
∗ Correspondence address, Anton Möslang, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM-AWP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany, Tel.: +49721 60824029, Fax: +49721 60824567, E-mail:

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Received: 2011-3-25
Accepted: 2011-7-27
Published Online: 2013-05-18
Published in Print: 2011-09-01

© 2011, Carl Hanser Verlag, München

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https://doi.org/10.3139/146.110570
Keywords for this article
EUROFER 97; Irradiation; Helium embrittlement; Copper precipitation

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  1. Contents
  2. Contents
  3. Editorial
  4. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heinrich Wollenberger — 80 years
  5. Original Contributions
  6. Atom probe tomography: from physical metallurgy towards microelectronics
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  9. Order – disorder transformation in Ni – V alloys under electron irradiation
  10. Materials issues of the SINQ high-power spallation target
  11. The origin and development of the P{011}<111> orientation during recrystallization of particle-containing alloys
  12. Coarsening kinetics of Cu-rich precipitates in a concentrated multicomponent Fe–Cu based steel
  13. Beyond Ni-based superalloys: Development of CoRe-based alloys for gas turbine applications at very high temperatures
  14. The effect of heat treatments on the microstructure, texture and mechanical properties of the extruded magnesium alloy ME21
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