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Abstract A set of low alloy model reactor pressure vessel steels, with systematic variations in their Mn, Ni, and Si contents, were neutron-irradiated to high fluence (1.4 × 1020 n/cm2) in the… Click to show full abstract
Abstract A set of low alloy model reactor pressure vessel steels, with systematic variations in their Mn, Ni, and Si contents, were neutron-irradiated to high fluence (1.4 × 1020 n/cm2) in the Advanced Test Reactor at Idaho at 290°C and a flux of 3.6 × 1012 n/cm2s. The alloys were analysed using atom probe tomography and solute clusters were observed in each alloy, including in one alloy that contained low nominal levels of Mn (0.04 at. %) and Si (0.06 at. %). Changes in the mechanical properties of the alloys were correlated with cluster volume fractions. Whilst the effect of nominal composition was observed to influence cluster composition, cluster nucleation site was not observed to affect composition. Several grain boundaries were also analysed and the segregation behaviour of certain elements is discussed.
Journal Title: Materialia
Year Published: 2020
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