Saturation of Proton-Induced Swelling in AISI 316

Author

Arvind S. Kumar, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow
F. A. Garner

Abstract

There is some evidence which suggests that void swelling may not increase continuously with increasing irradiation but may saturate at a level dependent on irradiation conditions, helium/dpa level or artifacts of the simulation such as the presence of injected interstitials. An experiment was therefore performed to determine the saturation level of swelling of annealed AISI 316 at 625°C in the absence of helium and injected interstitials. Using 140 keV protons and step-height measurements it was found that saturation did not occur until 260% swelling was achieved at ~ 600 dpa. Prior to saturation the swelling curve exhibited the anticipated bilinear form with a steady state swelling rate of 0.64%/dpa based on a 20 eV threshold energy.

Recommended Citation

A. S. Kumar and F. A. Garner, "Saturation of Proton-Induced Swelling in AISI 316," Journal of Nuclear Materials, Elsevier, Jan 1983.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-3115(83)90029-6

Department(s)

Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0022-3115

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 1983 Elsevier, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 1983