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      Microstructural stability of an Ni–Mo based Hastelloy after 10 MeV electron irradiation at high temperature

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          Abstract

          The microstructural changes of a Hastelloy alloy under 10 MeV electron irradiation at 650 °C for 700 h to a total fluence of 2 × 10 – 3 dpa (displacements per atom) were investigated by transmission electron microscopy and by 3-dimensional atom-probe tomography utilizing a local-electrode atom-probe tomograph. Transmission electron microscopy analysis before irradiation reveals two types of precipitates: (i) spheroidal with a mean diameter of 22 nm; and (ii) ones with an irregular morphology of a few nm in diameter. The spheroidal precipitates (i) are coherent with the fcc matrix and their number density is ∼3 × 10 21 m – 3. Electron diffraction patterns from these precipitates exhibit superlattice reflections corresponding to the L1 2 ordered structure. The chemical composition as measured by atom-probe tomography, is about 75 at.% Ni with additions of Al, Ti and Mo. The other type of precipitate (ii) is mainly enriched in Ni and Mo and its number density is ca. 3.6 × 10 22 m – 3. The diffuse diffraction intensity maxima arising from these precipitates are observed at <1 1/2 0> fcc, which are attributed to compositional short-range order. After electron irradiation, the Ni – Al-rich precipitates (i) exhibiting L1 2 superlattice reflections have disappeared completely, while the diffuse intensity maxima from the Ni – Mo rich clusters (ii) are still visible. The results are discussed with respect to the influence of the electron irradiation on the morphology and structural changes of the ordered precipitates.

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          Journal
          ijmr
          International Journal of Materials Research
          Carl Hanser Verlag
          1862-5282
          2195-8556
          2010
          : 101
          : 5
          : 631-636
          Affiliations
          a Helmholtz Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy, Berlin, Germany
          b Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA
          c Northwestern University Center for Atom-Probe Tomography (NUCAPT), Evanston, USA
          d Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology, Kharkiv, Ukraine
          Author notes
          [* ] Correspondence address, Dr. Nelia Wanderka, Helmholtz Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy, Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1, D-14109 Berlin, Germany. Tel.: +49 30 80 62 20 79, Fax: +49 30 80 62 30 59, E-mail: wanderka@ 123456hmi.de

          Dedicated to Professor Dr. Monika Feller-Kniepmeier on the occasion of her 80 th birthday

          Article
          MK110318
          10.3139/146.110318
          efe1e36a-a534-4c9a-bbd8-b90c76b557a6
          © 2010, Carl Hanser Verlag, München
          History
          : 10 November 2009
          : 5 February 2010
          Page count
          References: 15, Pages: 6
          Categories
          Applied

          Materials technology,Materials characterization,Materials science
          Hastelloy alloy,TEM,APT,Electron irradiation,Microstructure

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