Flux effects in precipitation under irradiation–Simulation of Fe-Cr alloys

JH Ke, ER Reese, EA Marquis, GR Odette, D Morgan - Acta Materialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Radiation-enhanced precipitation of Cr-rich α′ in irradiated Fe-Cr alloys, which results in
hardening and embrittlement, depends on the irradiating particle and the displacement per …

Effect of heavy ion irradiation dose rate and temperature on α′ precipitation in high purity Fe-18% Cr alloy

Y Zhao, A Bhattacharya, C Pareige, C Massey, P Zhu… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Cr-rich alpha prime precipitates (CrRP) induce hardening and embrittlement of FeCr alloys,
but the kinetics of CrRP formation due to particle irradiation are not well understood. In this …

Dose rate dependence of Cr precipitation in an ion-irradiated Fe18Cr alloy

ER Reese, N Almirall, T Yamamoto, S Tumey… - Scripta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Precipitation of α′ in Fesingle bond Cr alloys under neutron irradiation is
thermodynamically driven while being accelerated by radiation-enhanced diffusion …

On α′ precipitate composition in thermally annealed and neutron-irradiated Fe-9-18Cr alloys

ER Reese, M Bachhav, P Wells, T Yamamoto… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2018 - Elsevier
Ferritic-martensitic steels are leading candidates for many nuclear energy applications.
However, formation of nanoscale α′ precipitates during thermal aging at temperatures …

Microstructure response of ferritic/martensitic steel HT9 after neutron irradiation: Effect of temperature

C Zheng, ER Reese, KG Field, T Liu, EA Marquis… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2020 - Elsevier
The ferritic/martensitic steel HT9 was irradiated in the BOR-60 reactor at 650, 690 and 730 K
(377, 417 and 457° C) to doses between∼ 14.6–18.6 displacements per atom (dpa) …

Atom probe study of irradiation-enhanced α′ precipitation in neutron-irradiated Fe–Cr model alloys

WY Chen, Y Miao, Y Wu, CA Tomchik, K Mo… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2015 - Elsevier
Atom probe tomography (APT) was performed to study the effects of Cr concentrations,
irradiation doses and irradiation temperatures on α′ phase formation in Fe–Cr model alloys …

Comparison between SANS and APT measurements in a thermally aged Fe-19 at.% Cr alloy

O Tissot, C Pareige, MH Mathon, M Roussel… - Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract α′ precipitation in a Fe-19 at.% Cr alloy aged at 500° C up to 2008 h has been
characterized by both APT and SANS. This paper shows that when using an appropriate …

Quantification of APT physical limitations on chemical composition of precipitates in Fe–Cr alloys

C Hatzoglou, B Radiguet, G Da Costa, P Pareige… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2019 - Elsevier
Among the different nano-features at the origin of embrittlement of Fe–Cr alloys and steels,
α′ precipitates play a major role in alloys with Cr content higher than about 10at.%. If Atom …

Phase decomposition and morphology characteristic in thermal aging Fe–Cr alloys under applied strain: A phase-field simulation

YS Li, H Zhu, L Zhang, XL Cheng - Journal of nuclear materials, 2012 - Elsevier
The phase decomposition and morphology evolution in thermal aging Fe–Cr alloys were
investigated using the phase field method. In the simulation, the effects of atomic mobility …

MD simulation of atomic displacement cascades near chromium-rich clusters in FeCr alloy

M Tikhonchev, V Svetukhin, E Gaganidze - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2013 - Elsevier
The paper reports simulation of cascades in Fe–9 at.% Cr binary alloy containing chromium-
rich clusters. The simulation is performed by the molecular dynamics method at the initial …