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Ion Irradiation Enhanced Helium Atoms Re-Solution and the Related Hardening in Hastelloy N Alloy

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Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and nanoindentation were performed in Hastelloy N alloy with three kinds of irradiation mode: single He ions, He + Xe (3 dpa) ions and He + Xe (10 dpa) ions. TEM results showed the presence of nano-sized irradiation-damage defects, such as helium bubbles, xenon bubbles, dislocation loops and precipitates. It was found that the helium bubble can grow up via absorbing vacancies, and the helium bubble shrinkage will be also occurred due to the helium atoms re-solution. In the case of He + Xe (3 dpa) ions irradiation, the helium bubble growth via absorbing vacancies induced by subsequent Xe ion irradiation was more noticeable. As for the sample irradiated by He + Xe (10 dpa) ions, the ion irradiation enhanced helium atoms re-solution played an important role. Moreover, the helium atoms were more easily dissolved from small helium bubbles and the mechanisms behind them have also been shed light on. In addition, the dispersed barrier hardening and strengthening superposition models were used to predict the nanohardness increments produced by the different irradiation defects. The nanohardness increments measured by nanoindentation for irradiated samples were basically consistent with the calculated nanohardness increments.

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Both the ballistic recoil re-solution and the damage assisted re-solution make it easier for helium atoms to dissolve from small helium bubbles.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11605271 and 91126012), and the Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. 2016239).

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    Jizhao Liu, Hefei Huang, Renduo Liu, Jie Gao, Zhenbo Zhu & Yan Li

  2. School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Jizhao Liu, Jie Gao, Zhenbo Zhu & Yan Li

  3. School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China

    Jizhao Liu & Yan Li

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Liu, J., Huang, H., Liu, R. et al. Ion Irradiation Enhanced Helium Atoms Re-Solution and the Related Hardening in Hastelloy N Alloy. Met. Mater. Int. 27, 365–375 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12540-019-00427-8

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