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Acta Metall Sin  2015, Vol. 51 Issue (6): 641-650    DOI: 10.11900/0412.1961.2014.00547
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STUDY ON MICROSTRUCTURE STABILITY OF A Y2O3 DISPERSION STRENGTHENED LOW-ACTIVATION STEEL
Xue HU1,2,Lixin HUANG3,Wei YAN1,Wei WANG1,Yiyin SHAN1(),Ke YANG1
1 Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016
2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049
3 State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004
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Xue HU, Lixin HUANG, Wei YAN, Wei WANG, Yiyin SHAN, Ke YANG. STUDY ON MICROSTRUCTURE STABILITY OF A Y2O3 DISPERSION STRENGTHENED LOW-ACTIVATION STEEL. Acta Metall Sin, 2015, 51(6): 641-650.

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Abstract  

Oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) steels are being developed as a promising structural material for next-generation nuclear energy systems, due to its excellent resistance to both irradiation damage and high-temperature creep. In this work, the mechanical alloying (MA) and hot isostatic pressing (HIP) technologies were used to prepare a ODS low-activation steel, based on the China low activation martensitic (CLAM) steel. SEM, XRD analysis and EPMA were used to examine the particle size, alloying element distribution and lattice distortion of the ball-milled powders. In order to obtain uniform powders, CLAM powders with 0.3%Y2O3 particles should be milled with hard steel balls of 6 mm in diameter for 50 h in Ar protective atmosphere, and the ball-to-powder weight ratio at 10∶1. The microstructure of well-prepared ODS-CLAM steel was stable till 1200 ℃ for 1 h, with grain size of 50~60 mm and martensitic lath width of 200 nm, meanwhile, the Y2O3 particles could still be found in the steel matrix.

Key words:  oxide dispersion strengthened steel      microstructure      microstructure stability      Y2O3     
Fund: Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.51271175)

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https://www.ams.org.cn/EN/10.11900/0412.1961.2014.00547     OR     https://www.ams.org.cn/EN/Y2015/V51/I6/641

Steel C Cr W V Ta Mn Si Y2O3 Fe
CLAM 0.093 8.96 1.51 0.21 0.14 0.49 0.05 - Bal.
ODS-CLAM 0.110 8.39 1.23 0.18 0.03 0.14 0.08 0.13 Bal.
Table 1  Chemical compositions of CLAM steel and ODS-CLAM steel
Steel Temperature Yield strength ?s0.2 / MPa Ultimate tensile strength ?sb / MPa Elongation after fracture d / % Reduction in area y / %
CLAM RT 535 660 21.9 73.4
600 ℃ 315 355 21.6 83.5
ODS-CLAM RT 755 915 8.5 37.2
600 ℃ 340 410 16.0 63.0
Table 2  Tensile properties of CLAM steel and ODS-CLAM steel at room temperature (RT) and 600 oC
Fig.1  SEM images of the CLAM steel powders (a) and Y2O3 particles (b)
Fig.2  SEM images of the CLAM steel powders with addition of 0.3%Y2O3 ball-milled for 10 h (a), 20 h (b), 30 h (c), 40 h (d), 50 h (e) and 60 h (f)
Fig.3  Relationship of particle size of the ball-milled CLAM steel powders (D) and the ball milling time (t)
Fig.4  XRD spectra of the CLAM steel powders with addition of 0.3%Y2O3 after ball milling for different times
Fig.5  BSE image and EPMA element maps in large size particle after ball milling for 50 h
Time Peak position Diffraction peak Half-width of Crystallite size Lattice
h (°) offset / ‰ diffraction peak / (°) nm strain / %
10 44.519 0.79 0.688 127 0.545
20 44.519 0.79 0.740 117 0.684
30 44.521 0.83 0.742 117 0.683
40 44.600 2.61 0.731 118 0.582
50 44.638 3.46 0.774 112 0.587
60 44.599 2.59 0.786 110 0.627
Table 3  Peak positions, half-widths of (110)a-(Fe,Cr) diffraction peaks, crystallite sizes and lattice strains of CLAM steel powders after ball milling for different times
Fig.6  OM images of the CLAM steel before (a) and after (b) solution treatment at 1200 ℃ for 60 min
Fig.7  OM images of the ODS-CLAM steel before (a) and after solution treated at 950 ℃ for 30 min (b), 1000 ℃ for 30 min (c) and 1200 ℃ for 60 min (d)
Fig.8  TEM images of the CLAM steel before (a) and after (b) solution treatment at 1200 oC for 60 min, and the SAED patterns (c, d) and EDS (e, f) of M23C6 carbide (c, e) and TaC (d, f) in the CLAM steel before solution treatment
Fig.9  TEM images of the ODS-CLAM steel before (a) and after (b, c) solution treatment at 1200 oC for 60 min

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