DOI

  • V. K. Shamardin
  • M. M. Abramova
  • T. M. Bulanova
  • A. A. Karsakov
  • A. E. Fedoseev
  • A. V. Obukhov
  • R. Z. Valiev
  • I. V. Alexandrov
  • G. I. Raab
  • N. A. Enikeev

An ultrafine-grained (UFG) austenite Cr-Ni stainless steel was produced by equal-channel angular pressing. The UFG samples were irradiated in a research nuclear reactor up to damaging doses of 12 and 15 dpa at 350 °C and 450 °C, respectively. The post-irradiation examination featured in this work covers microstructural and mechanical property changes at test temperatures of 20–650 °C. Microstructural studies showed that the concentration of Frank loops was considerably lower in the UFG steel compared to in the coarse-grained material. It was also found that irradiation resulted in precipitation of α-phase in triple junctions of the UFG steel. The post-irradiation examination of mechanical properties testified that the UFG steel exhibited lower irradiation hardening and higher strength compared to the coarse-grained material in the entire testing temperatures range, and improved ductility when tested at 500–650 °C. In summary, we testified that microstructure refinement of an austenite stainless steel down to UFG scale led to enhancement of its resistance to neutron irradiation at elevated temperatures.

Язык оригиналаанглийский
Страницы (с-по)365-372
Число страниц8
ЖурналMaterials Science and Engineering A
Том712
DOI
СостояниеОпубликовано - 18 янв 2018

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