Effects of neutron irradiationon physical and mechanical properties of refractory metals

3/19/2020 2020 - #01 Nuclear materials

Zakharova М.I. Tarasikov V.P.

https://doi.org/10.26583/npe.2020.1.08

Investigation of interaction between radiation defects and crystal lattice defects in the initial state allows distinguishing the contribution of each type of defects in the change of physical and mechanical properties of the material under irradiation.

The following similarities and differences in the behavior of metals under irradiation were identified in the present paper by comparing evolution of the properties of metals with the b.c.c. lattice (Mo, W, V, Nb) и h.c.p. lattice (Re):

– both h.c.p. and b.c.c. crystals exhibit dependence of properties on orientation; notably, the increase in the size of the sample in all crystallographic directions is characteristic for b.c.c. metals, while narrowing of the sample along the direction <0001> perpendicular to the plane with most dense packing of atoms and expansion along other directions takes place for h.c.p. crystals;

– elasticity moduli for metals with the b.c.c. lattice reduce, and shear modulus for h.c.p. metals is significantly increased under irradiation;

– electrical resistance for group VI metals (Mo, W) and rhenium increases as the result of irradiation, and that for group V metals (V, Nb) decreases. Reduction of electrical resistance is associated with the release of impurity interstitial atoms on radiation defects;

– relaxation processes for b.c.c. crystals develop both in non-irradiated and in irradiated samples, while in h.c.p. crystals only irradiation and post-irradiation annealing initiate the temperature dependence of internal friction (t.d.i.f.) and the appearance of the relaxation maximum due to the change of the point symmetry of the defect;

– specificity of behavior under irradiation of metals with different types of crystal lattice remain for isochronous annealing up to 0.7⋅Tm.

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neutron irradiation refractory metals molybdenum tungsten vanadium niobium rhenium radiation defects impurity atoms electrical resistance internal friction elastic modulus swelling

Link for citing the article: Zakharova М.I., Tarasikov V.P. Effects of neutron irradiationon physical and mechanical properties of refractory metals. Izvestiya vuzov. Yadernaya Energetika. 2020, no. 1, pp. 78-88; DOI: https://doi.org/10.26583/npe.2020.1.08 (in Russian).