TY - JOUR
T1 - High radiation tolerance of an ultrastrong nanostructured NiCoCr alloy with stable dispersed nanooxides and fine grain structure
AU - Lu, Chenyang
AU - Li, Mingyang
AU - Xiu, Pengyuan
AU - Wang, Xing
AU - Velişa, Gihan
AU - Jiang, Li
AU - More, Karren L.
AU - Poplawsky, Jonathan D.
AU - Chang, Yongqin
AU - Zhang, Yanwen
AU - Wang, Lumin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021
PY - 2021/12/15
Y1 - 2021/12/15
N2 - The present paper reports the irradiation behavior of nanostructured NiCoCr medium entropy alloy enhanced by Y-Hf-O nanooxides and fine grains produced by powder metallurgy. Ion beam irradiation to a peak dose of 130 dpa at 580°C produced neither detectable void swelling nor irradiation-induced hardening, in contrast to significant void swelling and property degradation of single phase NiCoCr concentrated solid-solution alloy under the similar irradiation condition. The dispersed nanooxides and high density of grain boundaries act as defect sinks that effectively annihilate irradiation-induced interstitials and vacancies. Furthermore, high-density nanooxides maintain their crystalline structures and stabilize the grain boundaries during irradiation.
AB - The present paper reports the irradiation behavior of nanostructured NiCoCr medium entropy alloy enhanced by Y-Hf-O nanooxides and fine grains produced by powder metallurgy. Ion beam irradiation to a peak dose of 130 dpa at 580°C produced neither detectable void swelling nor irradiation-induced hardening, in contrast to significant void swelling and property degradation of single phase NiCoCr concentrated solid-solution alloy under the similar irradiation condition. The dispersed nanooxides and high density of grain boundaries act as defect sinks that effectively annihilate irradiation-induced interstitials and vacancies. Furthermore, high-density nanooxides maintain their crystalline structures and stabilize the grain boundaries during irradiation.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2021.153316
DO - 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2021.153316
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85116371314
SN - 0022-3115
VL - 557
JO - Journal of Nuclear Materials
JF - Journal of Nuclear Materials
M1 - 153316
ER -