Chemical and structural evolution of nano-oxides from mechanical alloying to consolidated ferritic oxide dispersion strengthened steelShow others and affiliations
2022 (English)In: Acta Materialia, ISSN 1359-6454, E-ISSN 1873-2453, Vol. 233, p. 117992-, article id 117992Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Ferritic Oxides Dispersion Strengthened (ODS) steels are of great interest for nuclear fission and fusion power plants. The nano-oxides embedded into the matrix provide the main contribution to the ODS steel strength. Understanding of the precipitation mechanism of ODS steels is thus critical for optimizing the fabrication process, involving Mechanical Alloying (MA) of Fe-14Cr, Y2O3 and TiH2 powders. In this study, results from small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering, atom probe tomography and electron microscopy have been combined to investigate the nano-oxides evolution throughout the whole consolidation thermal treatment until 1100 degrees C. After MA clusters are observed, composed of Y, O and Ti. During heating these clusters grow and new ones nucleate, together with a sequential enrichment in Ti (from as-MA to 700 degrees C) and Y (between 900 and 1100 degrees C). A small quantity of Al is also found in the nano-oxides between 70 0 and 110 0 degrees C. At 1100 degrees C the nano-oxides are found to be mainly Y2Ti2O7 and subsequently progressively transform to Y2TiO5 during isothermal holding. Nano-oxides display however an unchanged extremely low coarsening rate, demonstrating the outstanding stability of both Y2Ti2O7 and Y2TiO5 at 1100 degrees C.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier BV , 2022. Vol. 233, p. 117992-, article id 117992
National Category
Metallurgy and Metallic Materials
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-315232DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2022.117992ISI: 000805863400001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85129701245OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-315232DiVA, id: diva2:1679399
Note
QC 20220701
2022-07-012022-07-012022-07-07Bibliographically approved