Recent progress in experimental investigation of neutron irradiation response of tungsten

X Hu - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
In order to facilitate its application as plasma facing material, neutron irradiation response of
tungsten (W) has been extensively studied by employing fission reactors. In this article, the …

Corrosion behavior of the FeCrAl coating with different Cr and Al contents before and after Au-ions irradiation in stagnant LBE

W Zhang, J Deng, H Yue, S Hu, X Qiu, H Yin, Q Li… - Corrosion …, 2023 - Elsevier
The corrosion behavior of the FeCrAl coating with different Cr and Al contents before and
after Au-ions irradiation was investigated in static LBE. The grain of the irradiated coating …

Infrared spectroscopy of nanocrystalline anatase (TiO2) particles under the neutron irradiation

EM Huseynov, EA Huseynova - Optical Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Bands structure of nanocrystalline anatase (TiO 2) particles was investigated before and
after neutron irradiation (1.6× 10 15 n· cm− 2, 8× 10 15 n· cm− 2, 4× 10 16 n· cm− 2 and 2× …

Microstructural analysis of W irradiated at different temperatures

M Klimenkov, M Dürrschnabel, U Jäntsch, P Lied… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pure W was neutron irradiated at 600° C, 900° C, 1000° C, 1100° C, and 1200° C with a
dose of∼ 1 dpa, and its microstructure was subsequently analyzed using transmission …

Influence of rhenium-decorated dislocation loops on edge dislocation gliding in tungsten

TR Yang, YH Li, QY Ren, D Terentyev, HX Xie, N Gao… - Scripta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Rhenium (Re), as a typical alloying and transmutation element in tungsten (W), can
significantly enhance the irradiation hardening, but its underlying mechanism remains to be …

[HTML][HTML] Body-centered cubic phase stability in cobalt-free refractory high-entropy alloys

Y Li, Ł Kurpaska, E Lu, Z Xie, HS Kim, W Huo - Results in Physics, 2024 - Elsevier
Cobalt-free refractory high-entropy alloys (RHEAs) are strong contenders for structural
materials in nuclear reactors because they do not exhibit cobalt activity under irradiation …

Nuclear data for fusion: inventory validation successes and future needs

MR Gilbert - Journal of Physics: Energy, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Nuclear data, describing neutron reaction probabilities (cross sections) and decay
behaviour, are critical to the design and operation of fusion experiments and future fusion …

[HTML][HTML] γ-photons and high-energy electrons produced by neutron irradiation in nuclear materials

L Reali, MR Gilbert, M Boleininger… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
Neutrons interacting with atomic nuclei in most of the materials included in the current fusion
reactor designs—notably tungsten, ferritic and stainless steels, copper alloys—generate a γ …

Intense -Photon and High-Energy Electron Production by Neutron Irradiation: Effects of Nuclear Excitations on Reactor Materials

L Reali, MR Gilbert, M Boleininger, SL Dudarev - PRX Energy, 2023 - APS
The effects of neutron irradiation on materials are often interpreted in terms of atomic recoils,
initiated by neutron impacts and producing crystal lattice defects. In addition, there is a …

The Effect of Rhenium Content on Microstructural Changes and Irradiated Hardening in W-Re Alloy under High-Dose Ion Irradiation

F Luo, H Luo, Q Liu, L Zhou, W Lin, Z Xie, L Guo - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
An amount of 100 dpa Si2+ irradiation was used to study the effect of transmutation rhenium
content on irradiated microscopic defects and hardening in W-xRe (x= 0, 1, 3, 5 and 10 …