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A Preliminary Study on Helium and Sulfur Ion-Irradiated BCC Iron: In Situ Tensile Testing Using a Push-To-Pull Device

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Under energetic radiation exposure, significant changes in material behavior occur because of the substantial increase in the point defect population and other higher order defects. Here, we report preliminary results of a study in which an in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM)-based push-to-pull (PTP) tensile test technique was utilized to understand the microstructure and its impact on mechanical and fracture behavior in irradiated BCC iron. Density functional theory-based calculations predict a strong segregation tendency of helium and sulfur to grain boundaries. Pure iron specimens were separately implanted with energetic helium and sulfur ions at 550°C to examine the effect of ion irradiation on the microstructure using TEM, and the mechanical response in terms of strength and embrittlement behavior using the PTP technique.

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The work presented here is supported by the INL Laboratory Directed Research & Development (LDRD) Program under DOE Idaho Operations Office Contract DE-AC07-05ID14517. AK and IC gratefully acknowledge Drs. Suat Ay and Bingxing Wu for help with the FIB work and a Murdock Charitable Foundation Grant which was used for acquisition of the FIB-SEM used in this study. Finally, we would like to thank Dr. Lin Shao and his team at Texas A&M University for help with the ion irradiation experiments.

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  1. Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, 83844, USA

    Arnab Kundu & Indrajit Charit

  2. Department of Material Science and Engineering, Boise State University, Boise, ID, 83725, USA

    Allyssa Bateman & Brian Jaques

  3. Center for Advanced Energy Studies, Idaho Falls, ID, 83401, USA

    Allyssa Bateman, Brian Jaques & Indrajit Charit

  4. Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, 83415, USA

    Chao Jiang

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Kundu, A., Bateman, A., Jaques, B. et al. A Preliminary Study on Helium and Sulfur Ion-Irradiated BCC Iron: In Situ Tensile Testing Using a Push-To-Pull Device. JOM 72, 2398–2407 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-020-04176-7

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