Surface, structural and tensile properties of proton beam irradiated zirconium
- Authors
- Rafique, Mohsin; Chae, San; Kim, Yong-Soo
- Issue Date
- Feb-2016
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER
- Keywords
- Zirconium; Proton irradiation; Surface studies; Tensile properties; Radiation defects
- Citation
- NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS, v.368, pp.120 - 128
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- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS
- Volume
- 368
- Start Page
- 120
- End Page
- 128
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/3243
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nimb.2015.12.001
- ISSN
- 0168-583X
- Abstract
- This paper reports the surface, structural and tensile properties of proton beam irradiated pure zirconium (99.8%). The Zr samples were irradiated by 3.5 MeV protons using MC-50 cyclotron accelerator at different doses ranging from 1 x 10(13) to 1 x 10(16) protons/cm(2). Both un-irradiated and irradiated samples were characterized using Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM), X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and Universal Testing Machine (UTM). The average surface roughness of the specimens was determined by using Nanotech WSxM 5.0 develop 7.0 software. The FESEM results revealed the formation of bubbles, cracks and black spots on the samples' surface at different doses whereas the XRD results indicated the presence of residual stresses in the irradiated specimens. Williamson-Hall analysis of the diffraction peaks was carried out to investigate changes in crystallite size and lattice strain in the irradiated specimens. The tensile properties such as the yield stress, ultimate tensile stress and percentage elongation exhibited a decreasing trend after irradiation in general, however, an inconsistent behavior was observed in their dependence on proton dose. The changes in tensile properties of Zr were associated with the production of radiation-induced defects including bubbles, cracks, precipitates and simultaneous recovery by the thermal energy generated with the increase of irradiation dose.
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