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辐照锆中的位错密度瞬态与饱和

Dislocation density transients and saturation in irradiated zirconium

Andrew R. Warwick, Rhys Thomas, Max Boleininger, Ömer Koç, Gyula Zilahi, Gabor Ribárik, Zoltan Hegedues, Ulrich Lienert, Tamas Ungar, Chris Race, Michael Preuss… 展开作者

Andrew R. Warwick, Rhys Thomas, Max Boleininger, Ömer Koç, Gyula Zilahi, Gabor Ribárik, Zoltan Hegedues, Ulrich Lienert, Tamas Ungar, Chris Race, Michael Preuss, Philipp Frankel, Sergei L. Dudarev

AI总结:

本研究通过同步辐射X射线衍射和原子模拟揭示了质子辐照Zircaloy-4中位错密度瞬态峰值与饱和现象源于缺陷生成与应力驱动松弛的微结构演化。

摘要:

锆合金被广泛用作压水堆的燃料包壳材料,在中子辐照下会积累大量缺陷和位错。我们展示并分析了质子辐照Zircaloy-4的同步辐射微束X射线衍射测量结果,其中我们观察到了位错密度随辐照剂量变化的瞬态峰值及随后的饱和现象。原子尺度模拟表明,位错密度随剂量变化的特征是缺陷不断生成及其后续应力驱动松弛共同驱动下致密缺陷和位错微结构演化的自然结果。在高剂量极限下材料达到的动态平衡态中,与位错网络共存的位错环群体的缺陷含量分布遵循指数为$α\approx 2.2$的幂律关系。这对应于位错环作为其直径函数分布的幂律指数$β\approx 3.4$,该值与实验测得的$β$值范围$3 \leq β \leq 4$吻合良好。

英文摘要:

Zirconium alloys are widely used as the fuel cladding material in pressurised water reactors, accumulating a significant population of defects and dislocations from exposure to neutrons. We present and interpret synchrotron microbeam X-ray diffraction measurements of proton-irradiated Zircaloy-4, where we identify a transient peak and the subsequent saturation of dislocation density as a function of exposure. This is explained by direct atomistic simulations showing that the observed variation of dislocation density as a function of dose is a natural result of the evolution of the dense defect and dislocation microstructure driven by the concurrent generation of defects and their subsequent stress-driven relaxation. In the dynamic equilibrium state of the material developing in the high dose limit, the defect content distribution of the population of dislocation loops, coexisting with the dislocation network, follows a power law with exponent $α\approx 2.2$. This corresponds to the power law exponent of $β\approx 3.4$ for the distribution of loops as a function of their diameter that compares favourably with the experimentally measured values of $β$ in the range $ 3 \leq β\leq 4$.

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