Journal
JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
Volume 501, Issue -, Pages 329-335Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.11.030
Keywords
Refractory metals; Binary alloys; Dislocation analysis; Proton irradiation; Transmission electron microscopy
Funding
- Dalton Cumbrian Facility Project
- University of Manchester
- Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
- EPSRC for the development of the MIAMI-1 Facility [EP/E017266/1]
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/M011135/1, EP/R00661X/1, EP/P025021/1, EP/E017266/1, EP/M028283/1, EP/S019367/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- EPSRC [EP/M011135/1, EP/P025021/1, EP/E017266/1, EP/M028283/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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We have performed proton irradiation of W and W-5wt.% Ta materials at 350 degrees C with a step-wise damage level increase up to 0.7 dpa and using two beam energies, namely 40 keV and 3 MeV, in order to probe the accumulation of radiation-induced lattice damage in these materials. Interstitial-type a/2 < 111 > dislocation loops are formed under irradiation, and their size increases in W-5Ta up to a loop width of 21 +/- 4 nmat 0.3 dpa, where loop saturation takes place. In contrast, the loop length in W increases progressively up to 183 +/- 50 nm at 0.7 dpa, whereas the loop width remains relatively constant at 29 +/- 7 nmat >0.3 dpa, giving rise to dislocation strings. The dislocation loops and tangles are observed in both materials examined after a 3 MeV proton irradiation at 350 degrees C. Ta doping delays the evolution of radiation-induced dislocation structures in W, and can consequently impact the hydrogen isotope retention under plasma exposure. (c) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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