Formation of Cu precipitates and vacancy clusters in neutron-irradiated Fe–Cu alloys
Formation of Cu precipitates and vacancy clusters in neutron-irradiated Fe–Cu alloys
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DOI:
10.1080/09500830802014643
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发表时间:
2008-05
影响因子:
1.2
通讯作者:
Q. Xu;T. Yoshiie;K. Sato
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作者:
Q. Xu;T. Yoshiie;K. Sato
Two Fe–Cu binary model alloys, Fe–0.3Cu and Fe–0.6Cu, were irradiated with fission neutrons at doses ranging from 4 × 10−6 to 0.16 dpa (displacements per atom) at ∼573 K to investigate the formation of Cu precipitates and microstructural evolution. The Cu content only affected the formation of Cu precipitates and microvoids at low doses. In Fe–0.3Cu, the formation of microvoids and Cu precipitates initiated at doses of 1.2 × 10−4 and 4 × 10−5 dpa, respectively. On the other hand, the formation of microvoids started at a dose of 4 × 10−4 dpa in Fe–0.6Cu, and Cu precipitates were formed even after irradiation to 4 × 10−6 dpa. On further irradiation, the difference in the formation of Cu precipitates and microvoids was small. Microvoids grew with increasing irradiation dose up to 3 × 10−3 dpa in both alloys. Prominent aggregation of Cu atoms occurred upon irradiation from 3 × 10−3 to 1.6 × 10−2 dpa and the microvoids shrank. The Cu precipitates no longer grew, and microvoids nucleated and grew in the matrix above a dose of 1.6 × 10−2 dpa in both alloys. The present studies clearly reveal the relationships between the formation and growth of Cu precipitates and microvoids with irradiation dose.