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Effects of MeV Fe Ions Irradiation on the Microstructure and Property of Nuclear Grade 304 Stainless Steel: Characterized by Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy, Transmission Electron Microscope and Nanoindentation

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Nuclear grade 304 stainless steel was irradiated by 3.5 MeV Fe ions, with fluxes of 3.05E+15 ions/cm2 and 1.55E+16 ions/cm2. Irradiation effects were studied by positron annihilation spectroscopy (PAS), transmission electron microscope (TEM) and nanoindentation techniques. PAS results showed that different types of defects were produced after irradiation and that there was significant variance in defects formed when the samples were subjected to different irradiation doses. TEM characterization showed that the irradiation-induced dislocation loops enlarged in average size, but decreased in number density at higher irradiation doses. Nanoindentation test showed obvious irradiation hardening phenomenon, which was in good agreement with the PAS and TEM results. Irradiation hardening effect increased with an increase in irradiation dose and saturation occurred with an increase in irradiation dose from 3.2 to 16 dpa. Further statistical analysis showed that barrier strength of the Frank loop depends on the loop size and density produced by the ion irradiation.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation (No. 51771211); the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Nos. 2016YFE0105200 and 2017YFB0702100); the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. QYZDY-SSWJSC012); the Key Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. ZDRW-CN-2017-1). The authors would like to thank to all the staff members of 320 kV High-voltage Experimental Platform in Lanzhou and experiment members of Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing for their close cooperation and discussion.

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    Honglin Yan, Zhiming Zhang, Jianqiu Wang, Bright O. Okonkwo & En-Hou Han

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    Honglin Yan & Bright O. Okonkwo

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Yan, H., Zhang, Z., Wang, J. et al. Effects of MeV Fe Ions Irradiation on the Microstructure and Property of Nuclear Grade 304 Stainless Steel: Characterized by Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy, Transmission Electron Microscope and Nanoindentation. Acta Metall. Sin. (Engl. Lett.) 34, 1695–1703 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40195-021-01232-2

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