Yining Huang , Wentao Sun , Chuanjun Huang , Li Shi , Laifeng Li , Yuan Zhou
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Abstract
China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor (CFETR) has more advanced design parameters compared to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), particularly demanding a high yield strength (over 1500 MPa at 4.2 K) for jacket material in the cable-in-conduit conductor (CICC). Modified N50 austenitic steel, due to its excellent mechanical properties at liquid helium temperature, has been identified as a promising candidate material for the jacket material. However, while some research focuses on the mechanical properties of modified N50 steel at cryogenic temperatures, little is known about the cryogenic physical properties that are critical for conduit jacket applications. In this study, a modified N50 steel was prepared and characterized in terms of tensile properties and physical properties at cryogenic temperatures. We tested the tensile properties of the modified N50 at 4.2 K, 77 K, and room temperature (RT). Additionally, we measured the thermal conductivity, thermal expansion, specific heat capacity, and magnetization of the modified N50 from 4 K to 300 K. These results could provide a more comprehensive reference for applying the modified N50 steel in jacket materials for the CFETR.
期刊介绍:
Cryogenics is the world''s leading journal focusing on all aspects of cryoengineering and cryogenics. Papers published in Cryogenics cover a wide variety of subjects in low temperature engineering and research. Among the areas covered are:
- Applications of superconductivity: magnets, electronics, devices
- Superconductors and their properties
- Properties of materials: metals, alloys, composites, polymers, insulations
- New applications of cryogenic technology to processes, devices, machinery
- Refrigeration and liquefaction technology
- Thermodynamics
- Fluid properties and fluid mechanics
- Heat transfer
- Thermometry and measurement science
- Cryogenics in medicine
- Cryoelectronics