简介:Itiswellknownthatvanadiumalloywillfacetostrongneutronirradiationandhydrogenenvironmentsasastructuralmaterialinafusionreactor.Someresearcheshavereportedthatvanadiumalloytookstronglyhardeningafteranexposuretohydrogenenvironmentandirradiationbyneutronatatemperaturelowerthan400℃.Theductilityofthealloywaslostlargely,evenentirelybrittlefractureoccurredsometimesintensionloadingofthealloy.Therefore,it'stogettheknowledgeofthehardeningmechanismandthefracturemechanicalforthepurposetoimprovetheperformancesofthealloyunderthecircumstances.
简介:Vanadiumalloys(V-Cr-Tiseries)areimportantcandidatematerialsforblanketcomponentsoffusionreactorsduetotheirlowactivationandhighstrengthatelevatedtemperatures.Low-temperatureirradiationembrittlementdeterminestheoperationtemperaturelimitofVanadiumalloysfortheapplicationtostructuralmaterialsoffusionreactorsirradiationresponseofvanadiumalloysneedstobeclarifiedfortheirapplication.Inthepresentstudy,specimensoftwoalloys(V-4Cr-4TiandV-5Cr-5Ti)wereirradiatedwithenergeticHeionsandheavyionstounderstandhardeningofthealloysduetoheliumaccumulationandcascadedamageproduction.