In view of developing novel alloys for applications in supercritical water-cooled reactor fuel cladding and in-core components, a 12%Cr reduced activation ferrite/martensite(RAFM) steel with good corrosion resistance ...In view of developing novel alloys for applications in supercritical water-cooled reactor fuel cladding and in-core components, a 12%Cr reduced activation ferrite/martensite(RAFM) steel with good corrosion resistance and irradiation performance was developed. V and Ta were added to form fine MX type carbonitrides and enhance the high temperature creep rupture strength. Microstructure stability of the steel during long-term aging at 650 C was studied experimentally combined with the simulation of ThermoCalc and DICTRA software. The results show that the precipitates in the steel during long-term aging contain M23C6, MX and Laves phase. M23C6 carbides play a major role in the stabilization of the tempered martensite lath structure by exerting a large Zener pinning force as compared with MX and Laves phase.Adding V and Ta in the steel can not only promote MX precipitation, but also refine M23C6 carbides and thus improve the thermal stability of lath/subgrains, which is beneficial to the improvement of high temperature microstructure stability of the 12%Cr RAFM steel.展开更多
This review summarizes the strengthening mechanisms of reduced activation ferritic/martensitic(RAFM)steels.High-angle grain boundaries,subgrain boundaries,nano-sized M_(23)C_(6),and MX carbide precipitates effectively...This review summarizes the strengthening mechanisms of reduced activation ferritic/martensitic(RAFM)steels.High-angle grain boundaries,subgrain boundaries,nano-sized M_(23)C_(6),and MX carbide precipitates effectively hinder dislocation motion and increase high-temperature strength.M23C6 carbides are easily coarsened under high temperatures,thereby weakening their ability to block dislocations.Creep properties are improved through the reduction of M23C6 carbides.Thus,the loss of strength must be compensated by other strengthening mechanisms.This review also outlines the recent progress in the development of RAFM steels.Oxide dispersion-strengthened steels prevent M23C6 precipitation by reducing C content to increase creep life and introduce a high density of nano-sized oxide precipitates to offset the reduced strength.Severe plastic deformation methods can substantially refine subgrains and MX carbides in the steel.The thermal deformation strengthening of RAFM steels mainly relies on thermo-mechanical treatment to increase the MX carbide and subgrain boundaries.This procedure increases the creep life of TMT(thermo-mechanical treatment)9Cr-1W-0.06Ta steel by~20 times compared with those of F82H and Eurofer 97 steels under 550℃/260 MPa.展开更多
A high Si reduced activation ferritic/martensitic(RAFM) steel for nuclear structure application is successfully designed by using Calphad method. The main designed chemical composition is C 0.18–0.22%, Cr10.0–10.5%,...A high Si reduced activation ferritic/martensitic(RAFM) steel for nuclear structure application is successfully designed by using Calphad method. The main designed chemical composition is C 0.18–0.22%, Cr10.0–10.5%, W 1.0–1.5%, Si 1.0–1.3%, V+Ta 0.30–0.45%, and Fe in balance. High Si design brings excellent corrosion resistance, while low activation is advantageous in the nuclear waste processing. The experimental results indicate that the newly designed high Si RAFM steel had full martensitic structure and uniformly distributed fine second phase particles, and exhibited excellent mechanical properties and corrosion resistance. Compared to the P91 steel, this new RAFM steel designed by Calphad method is expected to be a promising candidate used in nuclear power generation, which also provides a new and effective approach to the development of RAFM steel for nuclear application.展开更多
The helium bubbles induced by 14 MeV neutron irradiation can cause intergranular fractures in reduced activation ferritic martensitic steel,which is a candidate structural material for fusion reactors.In order to eluc...The helium bubbles induced by 14 MeV neutron irradiation can cause intergranular fractures in reduced activation ferritic martensitic steel,which is a candidate structural material for fusion reactors.In order to elucidate the susceptibility of different grain boundaries(GBs)to helium-induced embrittlement,the tensile fracture processes of 10 types of GBs with and without helium bubbles in body-centered cubic(bcc)iron at the relevant service temperature of 600 K were investigated via molecular dynamics methods.The results indicate that in the absence of helium bubbles,the GBs studied here can be classified into two distinct categories:brittle GBs and ductile GBs.The atomic scale analysis shows that the plastic deformation of ductile GB at high temperatures originates from complex plastic deformation mechanisms,including the Bain/Burgers path phase transition and deformation twinning,in which the Bain path phase transition is the most dominant plastic deformation mechanism.However,the presence of helium bubbles severely inhibits the plastic deformation channels of the GBs,resulting in a significant decrease in elongation at fractures.For bubble-decorated GBs,the ultimate tensile strength increases with the increase in the misorientation angle.Interestingly,the coherent twin boundary∑3{112}was found to maintain relatively high fracture strength and maximum failure strain under the influence of helium bubbles.展开更多
Recent accomplishment by the SWIP for the reduced activation ferritic/martensitic steel CLF-1 development has been reviewed. It's found that CLF- 1 steel has better room temperature tensile properties than Eurofer97 ...Recent accomplishment by the SWIP for the reduced activation ferritic/martensitic steel CLF-1 development has been reviewed. It's found that CLF- 1 steel has better room temperature tensile properties than Eurofer97 steel and has a fully martensitic microstructure.展开更多
The effect of TaC on grains and packets coarsening in the reduced activation ferritic/martensitic (RAFM) steels was investigated. It was found that the combined effect of the austenitizing temperature and heating ra...The effect of TaC on grains and packets coarsening in the reduced activation ferritic/martensitic (RAFM) steels was investigated. It was found that the combined effect of the austenitizing temperature and heating rate resulted in the heterogeneous austenite grain growth. When the austenitizing temperature was raised above 1 423 K, the TaC particles disappeared, and the homogenous grains abruptly increased. The thermodynamic model for dissolution of TaC particles during austenitizing was applied to interpret the results.展开更多
Helium ion irradiation at 350℃was performed to study equilibrium segregation and radiation-induced segregation(RIS)of Cr at grain boundaries in reduced activation ferritic/martensitic steels.Cr concentration at grain...Helium ion irradiation at 350℃was performed to study equilibrium segregation and radiation-induced segregation(RIS)of Cr at grain boundaries in reduced activation ferritic/martensitic steels.Cr concentration at grain boundary was measured by scanning transmission electron microscopy with an energy-dispersive spectrometer.The measured Cr concentration at grain boundaries in heat treated zone was 11.7 and 12.8 wt.%in irradiated zone,respectively,which matched well to the calculated results from Mclean and modified Perk model.Equilibrium segregation and RIS of Cr mechanisms were theoretically analysed.The analysis indicates that as temperature rises,equilibrium Cr segregation decreases monotoni-cally,while RIS of Cr has a bell-shape profile,which increases first and then decreases.It is also shown that at low and high temperatures,equilibrium segregation of Cr is higher than that of RIS;at intermediate temperatures,equilibrium Cr segregation is lower than RIS.展开更多
Reduced activation steel was successfully fabricated by laser melting deposition employing a Gaussian and a ring-shaped laser.The microstructure evolution of the reduced activation steel was investigated using the sca...Reduced activation steel was successfully fabricated by laser melting deposition employing a Gaussian and a ring-shaped laser.The microstructure evolution of the reduced activation steel was investigated using the scanning electron microscope,transmission electron microscope and electron backscatter diffraction.The experimental results showed that the grains close to the substrate were smaller than the grains in the upper layers.Compared to those deposited using a Gaussian laser,the samples deposited using a ring-shaped laser showed a more homogeneous microstructure.Furthermore,a finite element analysis(FEA)model was applied to reveal the thermal history during laser melting deposition.The simulation results were well validated with the experimental results.FEA results indicate that the peak temperature increases and the cooling rate decreases,as the layer gets further from the substrate.Additionally,the temperature and the cooling rate resulting from the Gaussian laser model were higher at the midline of the samples and lower around the edges,whereas those of the ring-shaped laser model were consistent with both at the center and around the edges.展开更多
The temperature field distribution and thermal history of Fe-9Cr2WVTa reduced activation steel prepared by laser melting deposition(LMD)have been calculated with Gaussian and Ring laser beams,and the nucleation and gr...The temperature field distribution and thermal history of Fe-9Cr2WVTa reduced activation steel prepared by laser melting deposition(LMD)have been calculated with Gaussian and Ring laser beams,and the nucleation and growth behaviors of M_(23)C_(6)precipitates in the 1st,7th and 19th layers have been calculated using the modified classical nucleation theory and Svoboda Fischer Fratzl Kozeschnik model.The energy distribution shows W-shape with Ring laser beam while it shows V-shape with Gaussian laser beam,which results in the more uniform M_(23)C_(6)size in the same layer with Ring laser beam.Precipitates in the bottom(i.e.,the 1st layer)have the minimum size and the size increases with the layer number with Gaussian and Ring laser beams.The temperature history,the instantaneous nucleation rate and the size evolution of M_(23)C_(6)have been systematically discussed.The results indicate that the nucleation,growth and re-dissolution of precipitates in reduced activation steel depend on the amount of energy absorbed in the thermal cycle during LMD.The continuous accumulation of energy during the thermal cycle leads to larger M_(23)C_(6)at the top area.The unsteady state precipitation dynamics of M_(23)C_(6)carbides during thermal cycling are consistent with the simulation results.展开更多
With the development of society and the exhaustion of fossil energy,researcher need to identify new alternative energy sources.Nuclear energy is a very good choice,but the key to the successful application of nuclear ...With the development of society and the exhaustion of fossil energy,researcher need to identify new alternative energy sources.Nuclear energy is a very good choice,but the key to the successful application of nuclear technology is determined primarily by the behavior of nuclear materials in reactors.Therefore,we studied the radiation performance of the fusion material reduced activation ferritic/martensitic(RAFM)steel.The main novelty of this paper are the statistical analysis of RAFM steel data sets through related statistical analysis and the formula derivation of the gradient descent method(GDM)which combines the gradient descent search strategy of the Convex Optimization Theory to get the best value.Use GDM algorithm to upgrade the annealing stabilization process of simulated annealing algorithm.The yield stress performance of RAFM steel is successfully predicted by the hybrid model which is combined by simulated annealing(SA)with support vector machine(SVM)as the first time.The effect on yield stress by the main physical quantities such as irradiation temperature,irradiation dose and test temperature is also analyzed.The related prediction process is:first,we used the improved annealing algorithm to optimize the SVR model after training the SVR model on a training data set.Next,we established the yield stress prediction model of RAFM steel.The model can predict up to 96%of the data points with the prediction in the test set and the original data point in the 2range.The statistical test analysis shows that under the condition of confidence level=0.01,the calculation results of the regression effect significance analysis pass the T-test.展开更多
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2007CB209801)the National Natural Science Fundation of China (Grant No. 51371030)the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2013AA031601)
文摘In view of developing novel alloys for applications in supercritical water-cooled reactor fuel cladding and in-core components, a 12%Cr reduced activation ferrite/martensite(RAFM) steel with good corrosion resistance and irradiation performance was developed. V and Ta were added to form fine MX type carbonitrides and enhance the high temperature creep rupture strength. Microstructure stability of the steel during long-term aging at 650 C was studied experimentally combined with the simulation of ThermoCalc and DICTRA software. The results show that the precipitates in the steel during long-term aging contain M23C6, MX and Laves phase. M23C6 carbides play a major role in the stabilization of the tempered martensite lath structure by exerting a large Zener pinning force as compared with MX and Laves phase.Adding V and Ta in the steel can not only promote MX precipitation, but also refine M23C6 carbides and thus improve the thermal stability of lath/subgrains, which is beneficial to the improvement of high temperature microstructure stability of the 12%Cr RAFM steel.
基金the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2016YFB 0300600)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(No.51922026)+1 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Nos.N2002013,N2002005,N2007011)the 111 Project(No.B20029).
文摘This review summarizes the strengthening mechanisms of reduced activation ferritic/martensitic(RAFM)steels.High-angle grain boundaries,subgrain boundaries,nano-sized M_(23)C_(6),and MX carbide precipitates effectively hinder dislocation motion and increase high-temperature strength.M23C6 carbides are easily coarsened under high temperatures,thereby weakening their ability to block dislocations.Creep properties are improved through the reduction of M23C6 carbides.Thus,the loss of strength must be compensated by other strengthening mechanisms.This review also outlines the recent progress in the development of RAFM steels.Oxide dispersion-strengthened steels prevent M23C6 precipitation by reducing C content to increase creep life and introduce a high density of nano-sized oxide precipitates to offset the reduced strength.Severe plastic deformation methods can substantially refine subgrains and MX carbides in the steel.The thermal deformation strengthening of RAFM steels mainly relies on thermo-mechanical treatment to increase the MX carbide and subgrain boundaries.This procedure increases the creep life of TMT(thermo-mechanical treatment)9Cr-1W-0.06Ta steel by~20 times compared with those of F82H and Eurofer 97 steels under 550℃/260 MPa.
基金supported by "Excellent Scholar Funding" with the title of "R&D on advanced structural steels in new nuclear energy system" initialed by Institute for Materials Research, Chinese Academy (grant number: Y7A7A111A1)
文摘A high Si reduced activation ferritic/martensitic(RAFM) steel for nuclear structure application is successfully designed by using Calphad method. The main designed chemical composition is C 0.18–0.22%, Cr10.0–10.5%, W 1.0–1.5%, Si 1.0–1.3%, V+Ta 0.30–0.45%, and Fe in balance. High Si design brings excellent corrosion resistance, while low activation is advantageous in the nuclear waste processing. The experimental results indicate that the newly designed high Si RAFM steel had full martensitic structure and uniformly distributed fine second phase particles, and exhibited excellent mechanical properties and corrosion resistance. Compared to the P91 steel, this new RAFM steel designed by Calphad method is expected to be a promising candidate used in nuclear power generation, which also provides a new and effective approach to the development of RAFM steel for nuclear application.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.12175231 and 11805131)Anhui Natural Science Foundation of China(No.2108085J05)+1 种基金the National Key Research and Development Plan of China(No.2018YFE0307101)the Collaborative Innovation Program of the Hefei Science Center,CAS(Nos.2021HSC-CIP020 and 2022HSC-CIP009)。
文摘The helium bubbles induced by 14 MeV neutron irradiation can cause intergranular fractures in reduced activation ferritic martensitic steel,which is a candidate structural material for fusion reactors.In order to elucidate the susceptibility of different grain boundaries(GBs)to helium-induced embrittlement,the tensile fracture processes of 10 types of GBs with and without helium bubbles in body-centered cubic(bcc)iron at the relevant service temperature of 600 K were investigated via molecular dynamics methods.The results indicate that in the absence of helium bubbles,the GBs studied here can be classified into two distinct categories:brittle GBs and ductile GBs.The atomic scale analysis shows that the plastic deformation of ductile GB at high temperatures originates from complex plastic deformation mechanisms,including the Bain/Burgers path phase transition and deformation twinning,in which the Bain path phase transition is the most dominant plastic deformation mechanism.However,the presence of helium bubbles severely inhibits the plastic deformation channels of the GBs,resulting in a significant decrease in elongation at fractures.For bubble-decorated GBs,the ultimate tensile strength increases with the increase in the misorientation angle.Interestingly,the coherent twin boundary∑3{112}was found to maintain relatively high fracture strength and maximum failure strain under the influence of helium bubbles.
文摘Recent accomplishment by the SWIP for the reduced activation ferritic/martensitic steel CLF-1 development has been reviewed. It's found that CLF- 1 steel has better room temperature tensile properties than Eurofer97 steel and has a fully martensitic microstructure.
基金Item Sponsored by National Basic Research Program of China(2010CB731600,2009GB109000)National Natural Science Foundation of China(51071090)
文摘The effect of TaC on grains and packets coarsening in the reduced activation ferritic/martensitic (RAFM) steels was investigated. It was found that the combined effect of the austenitizing temperature and heating rate resulted in the heterogeneous austenite grain growth. When the austenitizing temperature was raised above 1 423 K, the TaC particles disappeared, and the homogenous grains abruptly increased. The thermodynamic model for dissolution of TaC particles during austenitizing was applied to interpret the results.
文摘Helium ion irradiation at 350℃was performed to study equilibrium segregation and radiation-induced segregation(RIS)of Cr at grain boundaries in reduced activation ferritic/martensitic steels.Cr concentration at grain boundary was measured by scanning transmission electron microscopy with an energy-dispersive spectrometer.The measured Cr concentration at grain boundaries in heat treated zone was 11.7 and 12.8 wt.%in irradiated zone,respectively,which matched well to the calculated results from Mclean and modified Perk model.Equilibrium segregation and RIS of Cr mechanisms were theoretically analysed.The analysis indicates that as temperature rises,equilibrium Cr segregation decreases monotoni-cally,while RIS of Cr has a bell-shape profile,which increases first and then decreases.It is also shown that at low and high temperatures,equilibrium segregation of Cr is higher than that of RIS;at intermediate temperatures,equilibrium Cr segregation is lower than RIS.
基金This work was supported financially by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2018YFB1105801)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51701134).
文摘Reduced activation steel was successfully fabricated by laser melting deposition employing a Gaussian and a ring-shaped laser.The microstructure evolution of the reduced activation steel was investigated using the scanning electron microscope,transmission electron microscope and electron backscatter diffraction.The experimental results showed that the grains close to the substrate were smaller than the grains in the upper layers.Compared to those deposited using a Gaussian laser,the samples deposited using a ring-shaped laser showed a more homogeneous microstructure.Furthermore,a finite element analysis(FEA)model was applied to reveal the thermal history during laser melting deposition.The simulation results were well validated with the experimental results.FEA results indicate that the peak temperature increases and the cooling rate decreases,as the layer gets further from the substrate.Additionally,the temperature and the cooling rate resulting from the Gaussian laser model were higher at the midline of the samples and lower around the edges,whereas those of the ring-shaped laser model were consistent with both at the center and around the edges.
基金This work is supported by NSAF(Grant No.U2030102)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.52071124 and 51701134)State Key Laboratory of New Ceramic and Fine Processing,Tsinghua University(No.KF202115).
文摘The temperature field distribution and thermal history of Fe-9Cr2WVTa reduced activation steel prepared by laser melting deposition(LMD)have been calculated with Gaussian and Ring laser beams,and the nucleation and growth behaviors of M_(23)C_(6)precipitates in the 1st,7th and 19th layers have been calculated using the modified classical nucleation theory and Svoboda Fischer Fratzl Kozeschnik model.The energy distribution shows W-shape with Ring laser beam while it shows V-shape with Gaussian laser beam,which results in the more uniform M_(23)C_(6)size in the same layer with Ring laser beam.Precipitates in the bottom(i.e.,the 1st layer)have the minimum size and the size increases with the layer number with Gaussian and Ring laser beams.The temperature history,the instantaneous nucleation rate and the size evolution of M_(23)C_(6)have been systematically discussed.The results indicate that the nucleation,growth and re-dissolution of precipitates in reduced activation steel depend on the amount of energy absorbed in the thermal cycle during LMD.The continuous accumulation of energy during the thermal cycle leads to larger M_(23)C_(6)at the top area.The unsteady state precipitation dynamics of M_(23)C_(6)carbides during thermal cycling are consistent with the simulation results.
基金The research is supported by“National Natural Science Foundation of China”under Grant No.61572526thanks to Mr.He from the material radiation effect team of the China Institute of Atomic Energy.With the help and guidance of Mr.He and Mr.Deng,the experiment was successfully conducted,and the results were greatly improved,which enhanced the structure of this article.Thanks to the editor for giving detailed comments,the quality of the article can be improved.
文摘With the development of society and the exhaustion of fossil energy,researcher need to identify new alternative energy sources.Nuclear energy is a very good choice,but the key to the successful application of nuclear technology is determined primarily by the behavior of nuclear materials in reactors.Therefore,we studied the radiation performance of the fusion material reduced activation ferritic/martensitic(RAFM)steel.The main novelty of this paper are the statistical analysis of RAFM steel data sets through related statistical analysis and the formula derivation of the gradient descent method(GDM)which combines the gradient descent search strategy of the Convex Optimization Theory to get the best value.Use GDM algorithm to upgrade the annealing stabilization process of simulated annealing algorithm.The yield stress performance of RAFM steel is successfully predicted by the hybrid model which is combined by simulated annealing(SA)with support vector machine(SVM)as the first time.The effect on yield stress by the main physical quantities such as irradiation temperature,irradiation dose and test temperature is also analyzed.The related prediction process is:first,we used the improved annealing algorithm to optimize the SVR model after training the SVR model on a training data set.Next,we established the yield stress prediction model of RAFM steel.The model can predict up to 96%of the data points with the prediction in the test set and the original data point in the 2range.The statistical test analysis shows that under the condition of confidence level=0.01,the calculation results of the regression effect significance analysis pass the T-test.