Effect of irradiation on the precipitate stability in Zr alloys

D. Pêcheur; F. Lefebvre; A. T. Motta; C. Lemaignan; D. Charquet

doi:10.1016/0022-3115(93)90108-B

Effect of irradiation on the precipitate stability in Zr alloys

D. Pêcheur
, F. Lefebvre
, A. T. Motta
, C. Lemaignan
, D. Charquet

Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering

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Abstract

Zirconium alloys undergo structural changes under various types of irradiation. This is particularly the case for intermetallic precipitates such as Zr₂(Fe,Ni), Zr(Fe,Cr)₂ in Zircaloys and Zr(Fe,V)₂ in Zr-Fe-V alloy: under irradiation those phases are subject to a crystalline-to-amorphous transformation. Experimental results obtained with electron and ion irradiations are presented. With both types of irradiations, the dose to amorphization increases with the irradiation temperature and diverges when a critical temperature is reached. The relative stabilities of the four types of precipitates studied appear to be reversed for low and high irradiation temperatures.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	445-451
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Nuclear Materials
Volume	205
Issue number	C
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-3115(93)90108-B
State	Published - Oct 1993

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
General Materials Science
Nuclear Energy and Engineering

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