The impact of outgassing on the nano-oxides kinetics of ferritic oxide dispersion strengthened steelShow others and affiliations
2022 (English)In: Materials Today Communications, ISSN 2352-4928, Vol. 33, article id 104929Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Oxide Dispersion Strengthened (ODS) steels are studied for their application in fission and fusion nuclear power plants. These steels are processed by powder metallurgy involving a high energy milling of Fe-Cr with oxides powders, followed by outgassing and hot consolidation. The temperature increase during these last two stages triggers the precipitation of a fine dispersion of nano-oxides. The outgassing stage is generally conducted at temperature between 300 and 800 degrees C for several hours, which can already trigger the formation of nano-oxides, and thus may have an influence on the final nano-oxide characteristics. In this work we assess the nano-oxides size by Small Angle X-Ray Scattering (SAXS) and get insight on the nano-oxides chemical and structural prop-erties by comparison between SAXS and Atom Probe Tomography (APT) during a thermal treatment at 700 degrees C for 5 h, simulating the outgassing stage. We show that despite that the nano-oxides slightly grow during the 700 degrees C heating, the final properties of the nano-oxides in term of size and number density are extremely close to those where no 700 degrees C isothermal was applied. Moreover, the growth rate of the nano-oxides is surprisingly higher at 700 degrees C than 1100 degrees C. APT and SAXS comparison shows that the nano-oxides do not stabilize in terms of stoi-chiometry and structure in the studied conditions, and that a small quantity of Al remain in the precipitates during this 700 degrees C isothermal treatment. Both of these factors could influence the nano-oxides kinetics at low temperature.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier BV , 2022. Vol. 33, article id 104929
Keywords [en]
Oxide Disperssion Strenghened (ODS) steel, Precipitation, Small Angle XRay Scattering (SAXS), Atom Probe Tomography (APT), In-situ, Outgassing
National Category
Metallurgy and Metallic Materials
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-322192DOI: 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.104929ISI: 000886066400003Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85141804606OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-322192DiVA, id: diva2:1716157
Note
QC 20230612
2022-12-052022-12-052023-09-25Bibliographically approved