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Microstructure evolution in titanium carbide with different stoichiometry under 3 MeV Au2+ ion irradiation

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Journal of Nuclear Materials Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2025.155609

Jinyu Shi , Yiming Lei , Chenxu Wang , Jie Zhang , Jingyang Wang

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High-temperature oxidation of accident tolerant Cr-coated Zr alloy cladding: Model development and validation

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Journal of Nuclear Materials Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2025.155621

Dong Wang , Shihao Wu , Kai Lu , Yapei Zhang , G.H. Su , Xi Liu

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Effect of trace Al and Ti elements on borosilicate glass corrosion resistance of Inconel 690 alloy

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Journal of Nuclear Materials Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2025.155626

Jing Ma , Wenguo Xu , Ce Zheng , Yingju Li , Xiaohui Feng , Yuansheng Yang

{"title":"Effect of trace Al and Ti elements on borosilicate glass corrosion resistance of Inconel 690 alloy","authors":"Jing Ma , Wenguo Xu , Ce Zheng , Yingju Li , Xiaohui Feng , Yuansheng Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.jnucmat.2025.155626","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jnucmat.2025.155626","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The corrosion behavior of Inconel 690 alloys with trace Al and Ti elements was investigated in borosilicate glass at 1150 °C. The results showed that the dimensional losses and average corrosion rates were decreased with trace Al addition, which showed excellent glass corrosion resistance, with an annual average corrosion rate below 0.41 mm/a. Differently, the co-addition of Al and Ti increased the dimensional losses and average corrosion rates from 7 days to 21 days, but decreased at 42 days. The trace Al elements lead to the formation of Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> oxides at the grain boundaries, which hinders the diffusion of Cr<sup>3+</sup> along the grain boundaries. The slow diffusion of Cr<sup>3+</sup> inhibits the growth of the Cr<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> oxide film and reduces the number of holes in the substrate, leading to excellent glass corrosion resistance. With the co-addition of Al and Ti, the Ti element enhanced the Cr<sup>3+</sup> diffusion from inner to outer and the formation of the inner oxide, resulting in the holes and continuous Cr<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> particles along the grain boundaries. The substrates near the surfaces were peeled along grain boundaries, leading to worse glass corrosion resistance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":373,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Materials","volume":"606 ","pages":"Article 155626"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143155320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Retention, sputtering and surface chemistry at tungsten oxide surface facing deuterium plasma

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Journal of Nuclear Materials Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2025.155622

Meral Sharkass , Swarit Dwivedi , Yun Kyung Shin , Martin Nieto-Perez , Adri C.T. van Duin , Predrag S. Krstic

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Characterization of the microstructure of yttrium hydride under proton irradiation

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Journal of Nuclear Materials Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2024.155586

Stephen Taller , Fabian Naab , Takaaki Koyanagi , Timothy Lach

{"title":"Characterization of the microstructure of yttrium hydride under proton irradiation","authors":"Stephen Taller , Fabian Naab , Takaaki Koyanagi , Timothy Lach","doi":"10.1016/j.jnucmat.2024.155586","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jnucmat.2024.155586","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>High moderation per unit volume solid moderator materials like yttrium hydride (YH<sub>x</sub>) are necessary for compact nuclear microreactors. However, the phase stability and hydrogen transport processes of YH<em><sub>x</sub></em> under high-temperature irradiation are largely unknown. Proton irradiation was conducted on YH<em><sub>x</sub></em> at 300 °C and 580 °C to 0.2 dpa using 1 MeV or 2 MeV protons in a high-vacuum environment. The hydrogen concentration was determined before and after irradiation using elastic recoil detection analysis, and microstructural evolution was examined via post-irradiation scanning transmission electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. Dislocation loops and cavities were observed in all conditions; their distribution was correlated with the bombarding proton energy and ion irradiation temperature. This work revealed that hydrogen retention is proportional to the formation of traps for hydrogen gas atoms and identified pathways for hydrogen release. The relative contributions of bulk or fast diffusion paths, such as grain boundaries, delamination boundaries, and stacking faults are discussed; the primary mechanisms of hydrogen loss are likely based on diffusion, ruling out artefacts of the experimental design. The study suggests proton irradiation may be a strong surrogate to study hydrogen transport in hydride moderator materials under irradiation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":373,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Materials","volume":"606 ","pages":"Article 155586"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143154923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Fracture behavior and grain boundary cohesion of alumina scales formed on ion-irradiated FeCrAl-ODS alloy

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Journal of Nuclear Materials Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2025.155663

Hao Yu , Diancheng Geng , Yasuyuki Ogino , Naoko Oono-Hori , Koji Inoue , Sosuke Kondo , Ryuta Kasada , Shigeharu Ukai

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Effects of He+ energy and W temperature on the initial W fuzz growth under the fusion-relevant He+ irradiation

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Journal of Nuclear Materials Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2025.155630

Weifeng Liu, Chunjie Niu, Weiyuan Ni, Dongping Liu

{"title":"Effects of He+ energy and W temperature on the initial W fuzz growth under the fusion-relevant He+ irradiation","authors":"Weifeng Liu, Chunjie Niu, Weiyuan Ni, Dongping Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.jnucmat.2025.155630","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jnucmat.2025.155630","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The growth of tungsten nanofuzz (W fuzz) induced by helium ions (He<sup>+</sup>) irradiation is a critical issue for fusion devices such as ITER. In our study, we investigated the behavior of tungsten (W) under helium ion (He<sup>+</sup>) irradiation, focusing on the conditions that promote the growth of tungsten fuzz (W fuzz). A comprehensive model was utilized to analyze the impact of varying He<sup>+</sup> energies and W temperatures on the W fuzz formation and growth. It was found that W fuzz was formed in a low-energy range from ∼10 eV to 200 eV and a higher-energy range of >5 keV. W fuzz growth was facilitated below the He-W sputtering threshold energy while sputtering erosion became a significant hindrance just above this threshold. At He<sup>+</sup> energies reaching hundreds of eV, W fuzz growth was entirely suppressed due to the enhanced sputtering erosion. However, at higher He<sup>+</sup> energies around 5 keV, the He<sup>+</sup> penetration reduced the impact of sputtering erosion, allowing He bubbles to grow in the deeper W layer. W temperature varying in the range of 1000 – 2000 K played a crucial role in forming He bubbles – induced tensile stress in the W surface layer, therefore affecting W fuzz growth which strongly depended on the He<sup>+</sup> energy. These insights provided a detailed understanding of the energy-temperature relevance for W fuzz formation, which was crucial for predicting the performance and lifetime of W components in future fusion reactors.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":373,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Materials","volume":"606 ","pages":"Article 155630"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143155344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The role of microstructural evolution in irradiation hardening of Alloy 718 under low dose proton irradiation

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Journal of Nuclear Materials Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2025.155644

Haipeng Zhu , Zhiming Zhang , Jianqiu Wang , Hongliang Ming , Zhiyuan Zhang , Yilan Jiang , Quanyao Ren , En-Hou Han

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Cesium sorption on UO2: systematic experimental and model studies for surface sites characterization.

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Journal of Nuclear Materials Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2025.155614

N. Rodríguez-Villagra , U. Alonso , J. Cobos

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Microstructural and mechanical responses of 316H and weld metal under Helium irradiation at 550 °C

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Journal of Nuclear Materials Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2024.155564

Dong Wang , Lianyong Xu , Lei Zhao , Yongdian Han

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