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The effect of oxygen on void stability in ion-irradiated steel

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The effect of oxygen on void stability in an Fe-17Ni-13Cr austenitic ternary alloy has been investigated using 15 MeV nickel-ion irradiation at elevated temperatures and preimplantation of 6 MeV oxygen at room temperature. The nickel irradiation was performed over a temperature range of 550 °C to 650 °C. Utilizing transverse specimen preparation techniques, the irradiated steel was examined by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). As little as 10 appm preimplanted oxygen caused a significant increase in the void number density when the steel was irradiated at 550 °C. A near-surface void-denuded zone occurs in the irradiated steel, while a region depleted of visible voids also occurs in the steel injected with 300 appm oxygen or greater and irradiated at 550 °C.

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  1. Naval Research Laboratory, 20375-5000, Washington, DC

    Larry E. Seitzman (NRC Research Associate)

  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 53706-1687, Madison, WI

    R. Arthur Dodd (Professor)

  3. Fusion Technology Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 53706-1687, Madison, WI

    Gerald L. Kulcinski (Director)

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Formerly with the Fusion Technology Institute.

This paper is based on a presentation made in the symposium “Irradiation-Enhanced Materials Science and Engineering” presented as part of the ASM INTERNATIONAL 75th Anniversary celebration at the 1988 World Materials Congress in Chicago, IL, September 25-29, 1988, under the auspices of the Nuclear Materials Committee of TMS-AIME and ASM-MSD.

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Seitzman, L.E., Dodd, R.A. & Kulcinski, G.L. The effect of oxygen on void stability in ion-irradiated steel. Metall Trans A 21, 1839–1846 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02647230

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