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Deformation Mechanisms in a Proton-Irradiated Austenitic Stainless Steel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 February 2011

R.D. Carter ,
M. Atzmon ,
G.S. Was  and
S.M. Bruemmer
R.D. Carter
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2104
M. Atzmon
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Departments of Nuclear Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2104
G.S. Was
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Departments of Nuclear Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2104
S.M. Bruemmer
Affiliation:
Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352
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Abstract

Samples of austenitic 304L stainless steel have been irradiated with 3.4 MeV protons to atotal dose of 1 dpa. The microstructure of the irradiated stainless steel has been quantified by transmission electron microscopy and shown to be similar to that found in neutron-irradiated core components. Constant extension rate tensile tests have been performed at strain rates of 3x10−7 s−1 and 3x10−8 s−1 to strains of up to 27% at 23°C and 288°C. The resulting microstructures were characterized using electron and optical microscopy. Deformation of the unirradiated material is similar to that reported by others in previous work on austenitic steels, consisting of dislocation source activation and formation of dense dislocation networks with increasing strain. In the irradiated samples tested at 288°C, deformation consists of dislocation source activation at grain boundaries punching dislocations through the grain interior to the opposing grain boundaries. The dislocations create channels that are free of radiation-produced defects and on which dislocation motion is concentrated. Dislocations in the channels pile-up at the boundaries, creating regions of highly localized stress concentration at the grain boundary. The mechanism by which this stress is relieved is still unknown. Deformation at 23°C consists of the nucleation and propagation of microtwins across the width of the grains.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 373: Symposium Y – Microstructure of Irradiated Materials , 1994 , 171
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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