NSUF 20-4096: Micro-mechanical characterization of proton induced long range ordering in Ni-Cr model alloy

Micro pillar compression will be performed on proton irradiated Ni-33at%Cr model alloy specimen to clarify the effect of irradiation induced long range ordering (LRO) phase transformation on deformation behavior. Samples are irradiated with 2MeV proton at 300˚C to 1.5 and 6 dpa at a dose rate of 10-5 dpa/sec. All samples are ready for testing and will be performed the second half of 2020. If the study is successful, the result will be compared with previous data, which comes from thermal induced LRO and as-received samples to be an independent publication. Previous result has shown that deformation mode in as-received sample is pure slipping, while that of thermal aged sample with LRO is slipping + deformation twinning. Therefore, it is expected that the proton irradiated samples will deform in slipping + twinning mode. However, due to the existing of radiation induced damage, the deformation behavior may be different. The result will be compared with previous data qualitatively, by videos, and quantitatively, by stress-strain plots. We believe that a thorough micro mechanical analysis on pillars will provide us with detailed information on irradiation effects in Ni-Cr binary model alloys, which will be the guidance for commercial alloys such as alloys 690 and 625. Additionally, considering the wide existing of LRO in other alloy systems, such as Cu-Co, Ni-Al, etc., the result of this experiment will be a good reference for extending the research of deformation mode to other LRO systems in future.

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Cîmp Valoare
Awarded Institution Idaho National Laboratory
Embargo End Date 2024-05-09
Facility Tech Lead Peter Hosemann
NSUF Call FY 2020 RTE 2nd Call
PI Fei Teng
PIE Facilities Nuclear Materials Laboratory
Project Member Dr. Julie Tucker, Associate Professor - Oregon State University (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0886-1580)
Project Member Dr. Fei Teng, Staff Scientist - Idaho National Laboratory (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3832-9138)
Project Notes Awarded on 07/14/2020
Project Type RTE
RTE Number 4096