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Effect of neutron irradiation on the microstructure and the mechanical and corrosion properties of the ultrafine-grained stainless Cr–Ni steel

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It has been revealed that the neutron irradiation of ultrafine-grained (UFG) 08Kh18N10T steel after severe plastic deformation (SPD) does not lead to the appearance of defects of radiation origin up to a fluence of 2 × 1020 n/cm2 (~0.05 dpa) and that the strength properties of the material are retained after irradiation. At the same time, this irradiation reduces the corrosion resistance of the steel in a chlorine-containing medium, especially after heating at 550°C with a holding for 1 h after SPD.

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  1. Institute of Nuclear Physics, National Nuclear Center, Republic of Kazakhstan, ul. Ibragimova 1, Almaty, 050032, Republic of Kazakhstan

    O. P. Maksimkin, M. N. Gusev, K. V. Tsai & A. V. Yarovchuk

  2. Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 49, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    O. V. Rybalchenko & S. V. Dobatkin

  3. National University of Science and Technology (MISiS), Laboratory of Hybrid Nanostructured Materials, Leninskii pr. 4, Moscow, 119049, Russia

    O. V. Rybalchenko & S. V. Dobatkin

  4. Institute of Physics of Advanced Materials (UGATU), ul. K. Marksa 12, Ufa, 450000, Russia

    N. A. Enikeev & R. Z. Valiev

  5. St. Petersburg State University, Laboratory of the Mechanics of Bulk Nanostructured Materials, Universitetskaya nab. 7-9, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia

    N. A. Enikeev & R. Z. Valiev

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Original Russian Text © O.P. Maksimkin, M.N. Gusev, K.V. Tsai, A.V. Yarovchuk, O.V. Rybalchenko, N.A. Enikeev, R.Z. Valiev, S.V. Dobatkin, 2015, published in Fizika Metallov i Metallovedenie, 2015, Vol. 116, No. 12, pp. 1330–1338.

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Maksimkin, O.P., Gusev, M.N., Tsai, K.V. et al. Effect of neutron irradiation on the microstructure and the mechanical and corrosion properties of the ultrafine-grained stainless Cr–Ni steel. Phys. Metals Metallogr. 116, 1270–1278 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031918X15120030

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