Eryang Lu

Helium/hydrogen synergistic effect in reduced activation ferritic/martensitic steel investigated by slow positron beam

Abstract Here, we investigated the irradiation defect in reduced activation ferritic/martensitic steels by slow positron beam. Three ion-irradiation experiments were carried out: (i) He2+ irradiation, (ii) H+ irradiation and (iii) He2+ irradiation followed by H+ irradiation, at temperature 450 °C. The presences of vacancy defects, represented by ∆SHe+H parameter, induced by sequential irradiations was larger than the sum of defects, ∆SHe parameter + ∆SH parameter, caused by single He ions and single H ions. The synergistic effect of He and H was confirmed clearly from the perspective of positron annihilation spectroscopy.

Helium irradiation-induced defects in deformed 316L stainless steel

Abstract Well-annealed 316L stainless steel was first cold rolled to 10% and 20% reductions in thickness and then irradiated by 50 keV He+ to a dose of 1 × 1020 He+/m2 at room temperature. Thermal desorption spectroscopy was used to investigate the helium desorption behaviour at different helium trapping states. The results showed that high-density dislocations had stronger inhibitory effect for helium desorption at temperatures from 800 to 1200 K. Positron annihilation Doppler broadening spectroscopy measurements were used to investigate the distribution of helium irradiation-induced defects. The S–E and ΔS–E plots clearly demonstrated that the helium irradiation-induced defects were trapped and restricted in motion by dislocations. The interaction between dislocations and helium irradiation-induced defects in deformed 316L stainless steel was investigated.

Electron irradiation-induced defects in Mo-diluted FeCrNi austenitic alloy during void swelling incubation

The microstructural features and the effect of Mo addition in FeCrNi austenitic alloy during incubation period were investigated using positron annihilation technique and micro- Vickers Hardness. The electron irradiation, which could induce vacancy defects in material, was performed at room temperature up to the dose of 1.7×10-4 and 5×10-4 dpa, respectively. The defect concentration was estimated about 10-4–10-7 though the standard trapping model. The added Mo atoms could trap vacancies to form Mo-vacancy complexes, which may restrain the migration and growth of vacancy defects during electron irradiation. In addition, the microstructural evolution during electron radiation resulted in hardening, while the added Mo might improve the hardening property of the alloy.