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Damage relief of ion-irradiated Inconel alloy 718 via annealing
- Source :
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 479:157-162
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2020.
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Abstract
- Inconel alloy 718 is a high-strength and corrosion resistant alloy that is commonly used as a beamline vacuum window. The accumulation of irradiation-induced damage substantially decreases the window’s service lifetime, and replacing it engenders significant beamline downtime. With this application in mind, herein we examine whether post-irradiation annealing can alleviate irradiation-induced damage of Inconel alloy 718. Inconel alloy 718 was received in a solution annealed state. We then irradiated samples using two different modalities (1.5 MeV H+ and 5 MeV Ni2+) at three representative temperatures for beamline windows (room temperature, 100 °C, and 200 °C), followed by annealing at temperatures viable for in-situ annealing processes (no anneal, 300 °C, and 500 °C). Using nanoindentation, we determined that irradiation-induced hardening occurs but is largely mitigated by post-irradiation annealing. Overall, our results suggest that in-situ annealing of radiation damage in Inconel alloy 718 vacuum windows appears feasible, which could potentially decrease beam downtime and maintenance costs.
- Subjects :
- 010302 applied physics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Materials science
Annealing (metallurgy)
Alloy
Metallurgy
02 engineering and technology
engineering.material
Nanoindentation
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
01 natural sciences
Beamline
0103 physical sciences
Radiation damage
engineering
Hardening (metallurgy)
Irradiation
0210 nano-technology
Inconel
Instrumentation
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0168583X
- Volume :
- 479
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........ef398cc56933d3fb9570a087116d5542