Radiation Damage of Metals and Alloys

A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Corrosion and Protection".

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Interests: small-angle neutron scattering; neutron diffraction; radiation damage; neutron sources; fusion reactor materials; renewable energy materials

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Dear Colleagues,

The open access journal Metals (ISSN 2075-4701) intends to establish a Special Issue on the following topic: “Radiation Damage of Metals and Alloys”. In addition to its interest in fundamental solid-state physics research, we believe this topic is currently of vital relevance for the development of sustainable nuclear energy sources, namely Gen IV reactors and the future thermonuclear fusion reactors.

As you can see from the suggested—but not exhaustive—keywords, this publication will focus on the main categories of nuclear materials and alloys, the different irradiation facilities, and the necessary postirradiation and microstructural characterization. Combined experimental and theoretical tools to predict long-term behavior and assess reliability will also be welcomed.

This Special Issue will include a restricted number of invited “key” contributions and a collection of papers that will be of interest to scientists and scholars in the field. We therefore look forward to receiving your proposals for this project.

With my best regards,

Dr. Roberto Coppola
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • austenitic steels
  • ferritic/martensitic steels
  • superalloys
  • model alloys
  • oxide dispersion strengthened alloys
  • neutron irradiation
  • ion implantation
  • postirradiation mechanical characterization
  • microstructural investigation
  • numerical modeling

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Irradiation Behaviors in BCC Multi-Component Alloys with Different Lattice Distortions
by Yue Su, Songqin Xia, Jia Huang, Qingyuan Liu, Haocheng Liu, Chenxu Wang and Yugang Wang
Metals 2021, 11(5), 706; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/met11050706 - 25 Apr 2021
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Recently, the irradiation behaviors of multi-component alloys have stimulated an increasing interest due to their ability to suppress the growth of irradiation defects, though the mostly studied alloys are limited to face centered cubic (fcc) structured multi-component alloys. In this work, two single-phase [...] Read more.
Recently, the irradiation behaviors of multi-component alloys have stimulated an increasing interest due to their ability to suppress the growth of irradiation defects, though the mostly studied alloys are limited to face centered cubic (fcc) structured multi-component alloys. In this work, two single-phase body centered cubic (bcc) structured multi-component alloys (CrFeV, AlCrFeV) with different lattice distortions were prepared by vacuum arc melting, and the reference of α-Fe was also prepared. After 6 MeV Au ions irradiation to over 100 dpa (displacement per atom) at 500 °C, the bcc structured CrFeV and AlCrFeV exhibited significantly improved irradiation swelling resistance compared to α-Fe, especially AlCrFeV. The AlCrFeV alloy possesses superior swelling resistance, showing no voids compared to α-Fe and CrFeV alloy, and scarce irradiation softening appears in AlCrFeV. Owing to their chemical complexity, it is believed that the multi-component alloys under irradiation have more defect recombination and less damage accumulation. Accordingly, we discuss the origin of irradiation resistance and the Al effect in the studied bcc structured multi-component alloys. Full article
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