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Method for Fabricating Depth-Specific TEM In Situ Tensile Bars

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The growing use of ion irradiation to assess degradation of nuclear materials has created a need to develop novel methods to probe the mechanical response of shallow ion-irradiated layers. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) in situ mechanical testing can isolate the ion-irradiated layer from its unirradiated substrate. However, there is a lack of established procedures for preparing TEM in situ mechanical testing specimens from bulk materials requiring depth-specific examination, e.g., target dose on the ion irradiation damage profile. This study demonstrates a new method for extracting depth-specific TEM in situ tensile bars from a bulk specimen of Fe-5 wt.%Mo. Measured yield stress, ultimate tensile stress, Young’s modulus, and elongation are consistent with those properties obtained from similarly sized Fe and Mo single-crystal nanowires. Results are discussed in the context of the specimen size effect.

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This research was sponsored by the National Science Foundation award DMR-17-52636 (PW) and the US Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy award DE-NE0008758 (GW). Portions of the microscopy effort were supported by the US DOE Office of Nuclear Energy under DOE Idaho Operations Office contract DE-AC07-05ID14517 as part of the Nuclear Science User Facilities experiment 19-1723. The authors also acknowledge Dr. Kayla Yano from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for technical discussions and Matthew Besser at Ames Laboratory for assistance with alloy fabrication. Full TEM in situ video files and load-displacement data are permanently archived and accessible at doi:https://doi.org/10.4231/MQZZ-CN91.

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Warren, P.H., Warren, G., Dubey, M. et al. Method for Fabricating Depth-Specific TEM In Situ Tensile Bars. JOM 72, 2057–2064 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-020-04105-8

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