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ONLINE ISSN: 1347-5320
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MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS Vol. 46 (2005), No. 3

  • Current Status of Fusion Reactor Structural Materials R&D

    Akira Kohyama

    pp. 384-393

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.384

    Abstract

    Japanese activities on fusion structural materials R&D have been well organized under the coordination of university programs and JAERI/NIMS programs more than two decades. Where, two categories of structural materials have been studied, those are; reduced activation ferritic/martensitic steels (RAFs) as reference material and vanadium alloys and SiC/SiC composite materials as advanced materials. The R&D histories of these candidate materials and the present status in Japan are reviewed with the brief explanation of Japanese strategy and current status of fusion reactor engineering R&D.

  • Current Status of Reduced-Activation Ferritic/Martensitic Steels R&D for Fusion Energy

    Akihiko Kimura

    pp. 394-404

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.394

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    Reduced-activation ferritic/martensitic (RAF/M) steels have been considered to be the prime candidate for the fusion blanket structural material. The irradiation data obtained up to now indicates rather high feasibility of the steels for application to fusion reactors because of their high resistance to degradation of material performance caused by both the irradiation-induced displacement damage and transmutation helium atoms. The martensitic structure of RAF/M steels consists of a large number of lattice defects before the irradiation, which strongly retards the formation of displacement damage through absorption and annihilation of the point defects generated by irradiation. Transmutation helium can be also trapped at those defects in the martensitic structure so that the growth of helium bubbles at grain boundaries is suppressed. The major properties of the steels are well within our knowledge, and processing technologies are mostly developed for fusion application. RAF/M steels are now certainly ready to proceed to the next stage, that is, the construction of International Thermo-nuclear Experimental Reactor Test Blanket Modules (ITER-TBM).
    Oxide dispersion strengthening (ODS) steels have been developed for higher thermal efficiency of fusion power plants. Recent irradiation experiments indicated that the steels were quite highly resistant to neutron irradiation embrittlement, showing hardening accompanied by no loss of ductility. High-Cr ODS steels whose chromium concentration was in the range from 14 to 19 mass% showed high resistance to corrosion in supercritical pressurized water. It is shown that the 14Cr-ODS steel is susceptible to neither hydrogen nor helium embrittlement.
    A combined utilization of ODS steels with RAF/M steels will be effective to realize fusion power early at a reasonable thermal efficiency.

  • Vanadium Alloys for Fusion Blanket Applications

    Takeo Muroga

    pp. 405-411

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.405

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    Vanadium alloys are attractive candidate structural materials for breeding blanket of fusion reactors because of their low activation properties and high temperature strength. Studies on various blanket designs are being carried out using vanadium alloys as structural materials and liquid lithium or molten salt Flibe as breeding and coolant materials. Recently significant progress in fabrication technology has been made for vanadium alloys through a program of producing large ingots of high purity V-4Cr-4Ti (NIFS-HEATs). Fundamental understandings on the effects of interstitial impurities (C, N, O) on mechanical properties, radiation effects on microstructure and mechanical properties, corrosion and compatibility in various environments were enhanced. New promising candidates were identified for the MHD insulator coating. Among the remaining critical issues are the effects of transmutant helium on mechanical properties and development of long life MHD coating. Development of vanadium alloys will be carried out in coordination with IFMIF and ITER-TBM schedules as essential tools for verification of their performance in fusion blanket environments.

  • ITER Relevant High Heat Flux Testing on Plasma Facing Surfaces

    Takeshi Hirai, Koichiro Ezato, Patrick Majerus

    pp. 412-424

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.412

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    The current ITER design employs beryllium, carbon fiber reinforced composite and tungsten as plasma facing materials. Since these materials are exposed to high heat fluxes during the operation, it is essential to perform high heat flux tests for R&D of ITER components. Static heat loads corresponding to cycling loads during normal operation, are estimated to be up to 20 MW/m2 in the divertor targets and around 0.5 MW/m2 at the first wall in ITER. For the static high heat flux testing, tests in electron beam facilities, particle beam facilities, IR heater and in-pile tests have been performed. Another type, more critical heat loads, which have high power densities and short durations, corresponding to transient events, i.e. plasma disruption, vertical displacement events (VDEs) and edge localized modes (ELMs) deliver considerable heat flux onto the plasma facing materials. For this purpose, tests in electron beam (short pulses), plasma gun and high power laser facilities have been carried out. The present work summarizes the features of these facilities and recent experimental results as well as the current selection of ITER plasma facing components.

  • Factors That Influence Cascade-Induced Defect Growth in Pure Metals and Model Alloys

    Toshimasa Yoshiie

    pp. 425-432

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.425

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    For the development of materials in a fusion reactor environment without a fusion reactor, it is important to understand the generation and accumulation of point defects. This paper discusses five important factors in metals that influence the initial stage of defect clustering under cascade damage conditions. The effect of the PKA energy spectrum on damage evolution was explained from the viewpoint of subcascade formation. Two origins of damage rate dependence of defect cluster formation, direct mutual annihilation of point defects and annihilation of point defects at cascade-induced defect clusters, were mentioned. As the effect of motion of interstitial clusters, an example was given to illustrate the strong correlation between the mobility of interstitial clusters and void growth. Thermal activation processes depend on irradiation temperature. Varying irradiation temperature experiment was evaluated as a technique for investigating the point defect processes during irradiation. Migration of alloying elements during irradiation was reviewed from the standpoint of the interaction of alloying elements with point defects.

  • Stability and Mobility of Interstitial-Type Defect Clusters Generated from Displacement Cascades in Copper and Gold by In-Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy

    Hiroaki Abe, Naoto Sekimura, Tadayasu Tadokoro

    pp. 433-439

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.433

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    In-situ TEM observations were carried out in copper and gold under 100 keV C+, 240 keV Cu+, 600 keV Kr2+, and 900 keV Xe3+ irradiations from 573 to 823 K, in order to obtain direct experimental insights into the defect accumulation processes. Defect clusters corresponding to displacement cascades were observed to be unstable depending on the temperature, ion species, and fluence. Multiple (2 or 3) defect clusters showing up with their contrast in the same video frames were considered to be features associated with subcascades and high mobility of these clusters when located within 20 nm and from 20 to 140 nm, respectively. Instability and diffusion of defect clusters were also detected under ion irradiation. The directions of the cascade-driven and instability-driven motions of the defect clusters were strongly related to crowdion directions, suggesting that the underlying mechanism is based on the motion of crowdion-related glissile defects. This instability is interpreted as the transition of sessile defects into glissile ones. The effects of intra- and inter-cascades on the formation of glissile defects are suggested based on their dependence on the ion species and flux.

  • Influence of Silicon and Phosphorus on Radiation-Induced Segregation of Chromium and Nickel in Austenitic Model Alloys

    Norihito Sakaguchi, Heishichiro Takahashi, Hideki Ichinose

    pp. 440-444

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.440

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    The influence of undersized solute additions on radiation-induced segregation (RIS) at grain boundaries was examined for austenitic model alloys. High-purity Fe-15Cr-20Ni alloys, doped with either 0.5 mass% silicon or 0.025 mass% phosphorus, were exposed to electron irradiation at several temperatures in a high-voltage electron microscope. The grain boundary depletion of chromium and segregation of nickel were significantly suppressed by the addition of silicon and phosphorus, and the addition of phosphorus significantly reduced the RIS at a grain boundary. It was shown by numerical simulation that the present results stem from the strong interaction between the additives and interstitial atoms produced by the electron irradiation.

  • Point Defect Formation in V-4Cr-4Ti and F82H Irradiated with Fission and Fusion Neutrons

    Koichi Sato, Toshimasa Yoshiie, Qiu Xu, Yuhki Satoh, Eiichi Wakai, Chuzo Kutsukake, Takeo Nishitani

    pp. 445-449

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.445

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    Vacancies and interstitial type dislocation loops of two fusion reactor candidate materials (V-4Cr-4Ti and F82H) after fission and fusion neutron irradiation were studied by positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy. Fusion neutron irradiation was performed in the FNS of JAERI, and fission neutron irradiation was performed in the KUR of Kyoto University. The neutron irradiation dose was about 1×10−6–1×10−4 dpa, and the irradiation temperatures were room temperature and 673 K. In the irradiation at room temperature, the defects (mainly dislocation loops) in both alloys were detected even at a low irradiation dose of 10−6 dpa and the mean lifetime of positrons increased as the irradiation dose increased. The effects of the fission and fusion neutron irradiation on the point defect production were almost the same if they were compared at the same dpa. This can be explained by the fact that the number of subcascades, which is an important factor for the defect formation at room temperature, is proportional to dpa in these metals. In contrast, an effect of cascade size was found for the irradiation at 673 K. Dislocation loops were detected only in the fusion-neutron-irradiated F82H at 673 K.

  • Interrelation between Dislocation Loops and an Edge Dislocation

    Eiichi Kuramoto, Kazuhito Ohsawa, Tetsuo Tsutsumi

    pp. 450-456

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.450

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    Since it has recently become an important subject to study the interrelation between a dislocation loop and a straight edge dislocation because of dynamic behaviors of small dislocation loops under irradiation condition, the simulation studies were made in model Fe lattice. It was found that dislocation cores both for a loop and a dislocation can be expressed by the regular array of three types of crowdions and have stable positions of b/3 periodicity, but this regularity and periodicity are disturbed as the decrease of the loop size. The relation between a dislocation core and crowdion types are also studied. Furthermore, this change gives rise to the increase of the inherent lattice resistance (Peierls stress) for the dislocation loops.

  • Analysis of the Thermal Activation of High-Mobility Dislocation Loops

    Kazuhito Ohsawa, Eiichi Kuramoto

    pp. 457-462

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.457

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    We report thermally activated transport of highly mobile dislocation loops in terms of a line tension model where the dislocation loops are assumed to be a flexible string. The activation energy and transition rate are calculated on the basis of a classical rate theory. The activation energy merely increases with the length of the dislocation loops. However, the activation process and temperature dependence of the transition rate qualitatively change at a critical length Lc. If the dislocation loops are longer than the critical length, the thermal activation occurs through the conventional double-kink formation process on the dislocation lines. On the other hand, if the dislocation loops are shorter than that, the saddle point configuration is not the double-kink type but non-deformation one. Therefore, the critical length Lc is a plausible criterion for the dislocation loops to distinguish dislocation like from point-defect like in size.

  • Interaction Analysis between Edge Dislocation and Self Interstitial Type Dislocation Loop in BCC Iron Using Molecular Dynamics

    Akiyoshi Nomoto, Naoki Soneda, Akiyuki Takahashi, Shiori Ishino

    pp. 463-468

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.463

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    Self-interstitial atom (SIA) type dislocation loop is one of the possible candidates of the so-called matrix damage that causes hardening and embrittlement of blanket structural materials of fusion reactors and/or pressure vessel materials of light water reactors. We present in this paper molecular dynamics computer simulation results on the interactions between an edge dislocation and a SIA loop with Burgers vectors of b=\\fraca02[1\\bar11] and b=\\fraca02[\\bar111], respectively, which are introduced in bcc-Fe crystal. Then shear stresses of several different magnitudes are applied so that the dislocation moves to meet the SIA loop. General observation is that the SIA loops with diameter of ∼2 nm can be obstacles to dislocation motion, and the strength as obstacles to dislocation motion depends on applied stress. The origin of the stress dependent strength can be explained athermally using the elastic theory of dislocation interaction. In most cases, the SIA loops are absorbed by the edge dislocations to form a large super-jog after the interactions. This suggests a possibility of localized deformation of irradiated bcc-Fe due to the formation of dislocation channeling.

  • Irradiation Effects on Precipitation in Reduced-Activation Ferritic/Martensitic Steels

    Hiroyasu Tanigawa, Hideo Sakasegawa, Ronald L. Klueh

    pp. 469-474

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.469

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    It was previously reported that reduced-activation ferritic/martensitic steels (RAFs), such as F82H-IEA and its heat treatment variant, ORNL9Cr-2WVTa, JLF-1 and 2%Ni-doped F82H, show a variety of changes in ductile-brittle transition temperature (DBTT) and yield stress after irradiation at 573 K up to 5 dpa. These differences could not be interpreted as an effect of irradiation hardening caused by dislocation loop formation. In this paper, the effects of irradiation on precipitation of RAFs were investigated to determine how these effects might affect the mechanical properties. The precipitation behavior of the irradiated steels was examined by weight analysis, X-ray diffraction analysis and chemical analysis on extraction residues. These analyses suggested that irradiation caused (1) an increase of the amount of precipitates (mainly M23C6), (2) an increase of Cr and decrease of W contained in precipitates, and (3) the disappearance of MX (TaC) in ORNL9Cr and JLF-1.

  • Effects of Nickel Addition on Microstructural Evolution and Mechanical Properties of Reduced Activation Martensitic Steels Irradiated in the ATR-A1

    Ryuta Kasada, Akihiko Kimura

    pp. 475-480

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.475

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    Validity of nickel isotope tailoring (NIT) method to be able to generate a large amount of transmutation helium in 9%Cr-2%W reduced activation ferritic (RAF) steel for fusion reactor structural material was investigated and discussed through mechanical properties and microstructural evolution after fission neutron irradiation. Miniature tensile and Charpy impact specimens of RAF steels and 1% nickel added RAF steel were irradiated in the ATR-A1 to evaluate irradiation hardening and shift in ductile-brittle transition temperature (ΔDBTT). The amount of transmutation helium in all the RAF steels with and without nickel addition was calculated as only about 0.6 appm. After irradiation at 621 K, the ΔDBTT for the 1% nickel added steel was similar for the JLF-1. After irradiation at 543 K, however, the ΔDBTT for the 1% nickel added steel was significantly larger than that for the JLF-1. Microstructure observations revealed that irradiation-induced dislocation loops in the 1% nickel added steel were finer and denser than in the RAF steel without nickel addition, suggesting that the nickel addition to the RAF steels directly affected nucleation and growth processes of dislocation loops and enhanced irradiation hardening and embrittlement. Therefore, there is a limit in the NIT method as a simulation method for understanding effects of helium on irradiation embrittlement of RAF steels.

  • Effects of Helium Production and Heat Treatment on Neutron Irradiation Hardening of F82H Steels Irradiated with Neutrons

    Eiichi Wakai, Tomitsugu Taguchi, Toshio Yamamoto, Hideki Tomita, Fumiki Takada, Shiro Jitsukawa

    pp. 481-486

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.481

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    The influcence of addition of 10B and 11B on radiation hardening as a function of irradiation temperature was examined in reduced-activation martensitic F82H+B steels (8Cr-2W-0.2V-0.04Ta-0.1C-0.006B). Specimens used were 10B doped, 10B+11B doped and 11B doped F82H steels. Helium concentration produced in the specimens through 10B(n, α)7Li reaction was measured from about 15 to about 330 appm. Radiation hardening of the specimens irradiated at 300°C to 2.3 dpa and 150°C to 1.9 dpa was observed. Increment of radiation hardening possibly due to helium in the specimen irradiated at 300°C tended to increase slightly with increasing helium production in tensile test at 20°C, but it was not observed for 150°C irradiation. Therefore, it can be mentioned that the enhancement of radiation hardening in the 10B(11B) doped steels depends on irradiation temperature. The dependence of radiation hardening on tempering time was also examined for F82H-std irradiated at 150°C to 1.9 dpa. Increment of yield strength of F82H-std tended to increase with increasing tempering time. The relation between the shift of DBTT and the increment of yield strength due to irradiation suggest that the extension of tempering time or the increase of tempering temperature would be beneficial for mechanical properties of F82H-std.

  • Improvement of Creep Strength of 9CrODS Martensitic Steel by Controlling Excess Oxygen and Titanium Concentrations

    Satoshi Ohtsuka, Shigeharu Ukai, Masayuki Fujiwara, Takeji Kaito, Takeshi Narita

    pp. 487-492

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.487

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    The effects of chemical compositions (titanium, oxygen) and consolidation temperature on high-temperature mechanical properties of 9Cr-oxide dispersion strengthened steel (9CrODS steel) were investigated. A possible high-temperature strengthening mechanism of 9CrODS steel was discussed based on the experimental results. Creep strength of 9CrODS steel at 973 K was remarkably improved when titanium concentration was 0.35 mass%. A higher amount of added titanium than 0.2 mass% was effective for providing consistently reliable manufacturing of high strength 9CrODS steel because it reduced the effect of oxygen contamination on high-temperature strength. The fraction of elongated δ-ferrite grains, which had an ultra-fine oxide particle dispersion, tended to increase with increasing titanium. The elongated grains were considered to improve creep strength of 9CrODS steel. It was also found that creep strength was degraded by elevating the consolidation temperature from 1423 K to 1473 K.

  • Mechanical Behavior of Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Steels Irradiated in JOYO

    Shinichiro Yamashita, Tsunemitsu Yoshitake, Naoaki Akasaka, Shigeharu Ukai, Akihiko Kimura

    pp. 493-497

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.493

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    Oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) steels, which are candidate materials for water-cooled solid breeder blankets, were fabricated with several manufacturing parameters, and then irradiated in the experimental fast reactor JOYO to evaluate their irradiation behavior.
    Engineering stress strain curves of ODS steels irradiated at 673 K exhibited superior material response, i.e., increased tensile strength due to irradiation hardening and no loss of total elongation. Also, their temperature dependence of tensile properties indicated that degradation of the tensile properties at elevated temperature, which is closely related to phase stability during irradiation, could be avoided due to optimal combination of manufacturing parameters, such as chemical composition, types of inert gas during mechanical alloying, heat-treatment temperature and initial phases of the matrix.

  • Recovery of Hardness, Impact Properties and Microstructure of Neutron-Irradiated Weld Joint of a Fusion Candidate Vanadium Alloy

    Takuya Nagasaka, Takeo Muroga, Hideo Watanabe, Kazuhiro Yamasaki, Nam-Jin Heo, Kenji Shinozaki, Minoru Narui

    pp. 498-502

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.498

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    Weld samples of fusion reactor vanadium alloy (NIFS-HEAT-2) were neutron-irradiated at 563 K up to 4.5×1023 neutrons/m2 (0.08 dpa). The recovery of irradiation hardening, degradation of impact properties, and damage structures in the weld metal were investigated after post-irradiation isothermal annealing at temperatures between 673 and 1073 K. Irradiation hardening and the decrease in impact absorbed energy at 77 K were larger for the weld metal than for the base metal. Recovery of the hardening by post-irradiation annealing was coincident with recovery of the impact absorbed energy in both the weld metal and the base metal. Recovery of the mechanical properties required post-irradiation annealing at 1073 K for 1 h for the weld metal, which was 100 to 200 K higher than that for the base metal. The dislocation loops introduced by the neutron irradiation are likely to account for the hardening. The dislocation loops were observed even after annealing at 973 K in the weld metal, whereas they disappeared in the base metal. The characteristics of the radiation defects in the weld metal and the mechanisms for irradiation hardening and embrittlement are discussed.

  • Effects of Impurities on Microstructural Evolution and Deformation Process of Ion-Irradiated V–Cr–Ti Alloys

    Ken-ichi Fukumoto, Katsuhito Takahashi, Yusuke Anma, Hideki Matsui

    pp. 503-510

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.503

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    Microstructural examination and microhardness test were carried out for unalloyed vanadium, V–5Ti, V–4Cr–4Ti alloys irradiated with 4 MeV Cu ions at temperatures from 200 to 600°C. In order to investigate the impurity effect, high purification technique was used. Impurity effects can be seen in the nucleation and growth processes of voids in unalloyed vanadium and those of Ti(OCN) precipitates in V–5Ti. The changes in microstructure due to interstitial impurity could not be seen in V–4Cr–4Ti after the irrodiations below 300°C. The effect of impurity for irradiation hardening in ion-irradiated V–4Cr–4Ti alloys could be seen at 400°C, but it could not be seen at 200 and 300°C. On the other hand, dislocation channels were observed at 200 and 300°C, and the total length of dislocation channels became larger as the impurity level increased. It can be considered that there was practically no correlation between irradiation hardening and total length of dislocation channels due to impurity effects.

  • Surface Segregation of Ti in a V-4Cr-4Ti Alloy and Its Influence on the Surface Reaction Rates of Hydrogen Isotopes

    Yuji Hatano, Ryo Hayakawa, Kanako Nishino, Susumu Ikeno, Takuya Nagasaka, Takeo Muroga, Kuniaki Watanabe

    pp. 511-516

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.511

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    The change in the chemical surface state of a V-4Cr-4Ti alloy after heat treatments in vacuum at temperatures from 573 to 1273 K was investigated by means of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Before heating, the surface of the as-polished alloy was covered with a V oxide film. Diffusion of oxygen into the bulk started at around 673 K, and the alloy surface gradually became metallic. Oxygen, however, did not disappear from the surface completely. Surface segregation of Ti was observed as the temperature increased. The concentration of Ti reached 20 at% at 1273 K. No significant segregation of Cr or other impurities were observed. This surface segregation of Ti significantly reduced the surface reaction rates of H2 and D2. The isotope effect on the surface reaction rates of H2 and D2 was not observed under the present experimental conditions.

  • Improvement of Corrosion Resistance of Vanadium Alloys in High-Temperature Pressurized Water

    Mitsuhiro Fujiwara, Toshiya Sakamoto, Manabu Satou, Akira Hasegawa, Katsunori Abe, Kazuo Kaiuchi, Takemi Furuya

    pp. 517-521

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.517

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    Corrosion tests in pressurized and vaporized water were conducted for V-based high Cr and Ti alloys and V-4Cr-4Ti type alloys containing minor elements such as Si, Al and Y. Weight losses were observed for every alloy after corrosion tests in pressurized water. It was apparent that addition of Cr effectively reduced the weight change in pressurized water. The weight loss of V-4Cr-4Ti type alloys in corrosion tests in vaporized water was also reduced as Cr content increased. The V-20Cr-4Ti alloy had a slight weight gain, almost same as that of SUS316, which had the best corrosion properties in the tested alloys. The elongation of alloys with in excess of 10% Cr was reduced as Cr content increased. The elongations of the V-12Cr-4Ti and the V-15Cr-4Ti alloys were significantly reduced by corrosion and cleavage fracture was observed reflecting hydrogen embrittlement. The reduced elongations of the alloys were recovered to the same level of as annealed conditions after hydrogen degassing. After corrosion, the V-15Cr-4Ti-0.5Y alloy still kept enough elongation, suggesting that the addition of Y is effective to reduce the hydrogen embrittlement.

  • Effects of Downward Temperature Change on Microstructure in Vanadium Alloys during Irradiation

    Nobuyasu Nita, Hideki Matsui

    pp. 522-526

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.522

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    In fusion reactors, structural materials are expected to experience non-steady histories of irradiation temperature, neutron flux and other parameters during reactor start-up/shut-down, plasma disruptions, etc. The objective of the present study is to clarify the effects of the downward temperature change during irradiation.
    Vanadium that is the one of candidate materials for the first wall of fusion reactors was irradiated with heavy ions during the downward temperature change. TEM observation, nano-indentation and HVEM observation were carried out.
    It was reported that the growth of defect clusters including cavities and precipitates occurred under neutron irradiation and heavy ion irradiation during the downward temperature change. In the present paper, the detailed mechanism of growth of defect clusters was investigated by changing the lower temperature as a parameter. The growth of defect clusters occurs just after the downward temperature change followed by re-nucleation of defect clusters at lower temperatures.

  • Mechanical Properties of Chemically Vapor-Infiltrated Silicon Carbide Structural Composites with Thin Carbon Interphases for Fusion and Advanced Fission Applications

    Yutai Katoh, Lance L. Snead, Takashi Nozawa, Tatsuya Hinoki, Akira Kohyama, Naoki Igawa, Tomitsugu Taguchi

    pp. 527-535

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.527

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    Fast fracture properties of chemically vapor-infiltrated silicon carbide matrix composites with Hi-NicalonTM Type-S near-stoichiometric silicon carbide fiber reinforcements and thin pyrolytic carbon interphase were studied. The primary emphasis was on preliminary assessment of the applicability of a very thin pyrolytic carbon interphase between fibers and matrices of silicon carbide composites for use in nuclear environments. It appears that the mechanical properties of the present composite system are not subject to strong interphase thickness effects, in contrast to those in conventional non-stoichiometric silicon carbide-based fiber composites. The interphase thickness effects are discussed from the viewpoints of residual thermal stress, fiber damage, and interfacial friction. A preliminary conclusion is that a thin pyrolytic carbon interphase is beneficial for fast fracture properties of stoichiometric silicon carbide composites.

  • Cavity Formation in a SiC/SiC Composite under Simultaneous Irradiation of Hydrogen, Helium and Silicon Ions

    Shuhei Miwa, Akira Hasegawa, Tomitsugu Taguchi, Naoki Igawa, Katsunori Abe

    pp. 536-542

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.536

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    Cavity formation was investigated in a SiC/SiC composite under multi-ion beam irradiation up to 10 dpa at 1073 K, 1273 K and 1573 K by transmission electron microscopy. The cavity formation behavior of each component of the composite was dependent on the component’s grain structure, the helium and/or hydrogen implantation mode, and irradiation temperature. It was found that helium rather than hydrogen is likely to enhance cavity formation or cavity swelling. The contributions of helium and hydrogen to cavity formation in the composite components are discussed in detail.

  • Evaluation of Tensile Properties of SiC/SiC Composites with Miniaturized Specimens

    Takashi Nozawa, Yutai Katoh, Akira Kohyama

    pp. 543-551

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.543

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    Mechanical testing after neutron irradiation is a critical research tool for evaluating materials for fusion systems, such as silicon carbide fiber silicon carbide matrix (SiC/SiC) composites. However, single-axis tensile testing, which is required to build a fundamental database, requires large specimens. Therefore miniaturization of tensile test specimens has long been pursued as a method to reduce the irradiation volume to fit the capsule size limitation. The objective of this study is to identify specimen size effects on tensile properties of SiC/SiC composites from the viewpoints of the influences of fabric architecture and tensile loading axis, with a final goal to establish a small specimen test technique for tensile testing of the composites. The axial fiber volume fraction plays an important role in achieving good tensile properties. However the size dependent change of the axial fiber volume fraction gives specimen size effect. The composites with much fiber volume content tended to have superior tensile strength, elastic modulus and proportional limit stress. Contrarily, the tensile properties of the composites with the same axial fiber volume fraction were almost independent of the specimen size. This type of size effect is generally common in any types of architecture. The size-relevant fracture mode in off-axis tension: detachment in shorter widths vs. in-plane shear at larger widths, also gives specimen size effect on tensile properties, resulting in strict limitation of miniaturization of the tensile specimen. Finally we proposed a miniature tensile specimen for the composites.

  • Trapping and Detrapping Mechanisms of Deuterium in SiC Studied by XPS and TDS Techniques

    Yasuhisa Oya, Yoshihiro Onishi, Kenji Okuno, Satoru Tanaka

    pp. 552-556

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.552

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    The elucidation of the trapping and detrapping mechanisms of hydrogen isotopes in SiC is one of the most critical issues for future fusion reactors if SiC is used as the first wall and structure material. In this study, 1 keV deuterium (D2+) ions were implanted into SiC and the chemical states of C and Si were evaluated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The deuterium desorption and retention were also analyzed by thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS). The deuterium desorption behavior for SiC was compared to that for Si and graphite, and it was found that deuterium is preferentially trapped by C and, after the saturation of the C-D bond, it is trapped by Si in SiC. Deuterium desorption was found to consist of two stages, namely deuterium desorptions bound to Si and C. Their trapping mechanisms were influenced by the damaged structures produced by the D2+ ion implantation. Finally, deuterium retention in SiC at temperatures above 700 K was higher than that in graphite, indicating that tritium retention in SiC may be high compared to that in graphite during plasma operation.

  • Deuterium Retention in Tungsten Mixed Carbon Dust

    Hajime Yoshida, Tomoaki Hino, Masato Akiba, Satoshi Suzuki, Kazuyuki Nakamura, Yuji Yamauchi, Yuko Hirohata

    pp. 557-560

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.557

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    Tungsten mixed carbon dust was prepared using a deuterium arc plasma discharge with tungsten and carbon electrodes. The concentration of tungsten with an atomic ratio of W/(C+W) was in the range from 0 to 0.3. The Raman spectra showed that the crystal structure of carbon became amorphous with the addition of tungsten, although two broad peaks owing to graphite and defective graphite appeared. The structure also became amorphous when the substrate temperature decreased. The retained deuterium desorbed mainly at approximately 900 K, which corresponds to the desorption of deuterium trapped by carbon atoms. Namely, most of the co-deposited deuterium is retained in the carbon atoms. The amount of retained deuterium increased with an increase in the tungsten concentration. The amount of retained deuterium was larger than that of the co-deposited carbon dust which was similarly prepared in the arc plasma discharge with only carbon electrodes. The increase in deuterium retention is due to the enhanced amorphous structure by the mixture of tungsten.

  • Micron-Bubble Formation on Polycrystal Tungsten due to Low-Energy and High-Flux Helium Plasma Exposure

    Dai Nishijima, Mitsutaka Miyamoto, Hirotomo Iwakiri, Minyou Ye, Noriyasu Ohno, Kazutoshi Tokunaga, Naoki Yoshida, Shuichi Takamura

    pp. 561-564

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.561

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    Surface modification of polycrystal tungsten due to low-energy and high-flux helium plasma exposure was investigated. Micron-sized holes and bubbles were formed on the surface at a surface temperature of 2200 K even when the incident ion energy of helium was 10 eV. Hole formation was significantly reduced on the surface when the incident ion energy of helium was around 5 eV and no surface modification was seen at less than 5 eV. Coalescence of micron-sized helium bubbles was observed in the cross section of a W sample.

  • Surface Modification and Correlated Internal Damage in Tungsten Irradiated with Low Energy Helium Ions at 1273 K

    Tomotsugu Baba, Hirotomo Iwakiri, Ryuichiro Sugano, Naoaki Yoshida

    pp. 565-567

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.565

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    Surface modification and internal damage of tungsten irradiated with 8 keV Helium (He) ions at 1273 K was observed by the complementary use of a scanning electron microscope (SEM), an atomic force microscope (AFM), and a transmission electron microscope (TEM). It was found that an irradiated surface was roughened by the formation of dense large bulges of 100–200 nm and small ones of a few nm in size. It was also observed that fine He bubbles ranging from a few to 100 nm were formed in the subsurface layer. These results indicate that roughening of a He+ ion irradiated surface at a high temperature results from the formation of bubbles just beneath the surface. Their thermal migration and coalescence under irradiation play an important role in the formation of various sized bubbles.

  • Microstructure and Bend Ductility of W-0.3 mass%TiC Alloys Fabricated by Advanced Powder-Metallurgical Processing

    Yasuhiro Ishijima, Hiroaki Kurishita, Hideo Arakawa, Masayuki Hasegawa, Yutaka Hiraoka, Tomohiro Takida, Katsushi Takebe

    pp. 568-574

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.568

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    Low temperature embrittlement, recrystallization embrittlement and radiation embrittlement in tungsten and its alloys are critical issues for use as high heat flux components and high-power density structural materials. In order to establish a process for microstructural control to improve the resistance to such embrittlement, modification of powder-metallurgical processing is proposed to avoid three microstructural factors giving detrimental effects on the ductility: (1) precipitation of the brittle W2C phase, (2) heterogeneity in grain size and particle distributions, and (3) loss of carbon which is a constituent of transition metal carbides. The processing was applied to fabricate W-0.3 mass%TiC alloys with a microstructure of fine grains and nano-sized dispersoids of TiC. Transmission electron microstructural observations and three-point bending tests at room temperature were performed on the alloys in the unirradiated state. It is demonstrated that the developed alloys are almost free from the three microstructural factors and exhibit appreciable room-temperature ductility before fracture in the as-forged and as-rolled states, but not in the as-HIPed state. This beneficial effect of plastic working on ductility improvement is strongly dependent on grain size and becomes prominent with decreasing grain size. Success in fabricating consolidated bodies with grain sizes as small as 0.17∼0.4 μm and a high relative density of around 99% is presented.

  • Microstructural Characterization of Spark Plasma Sintered In Situ TiB Reinforced Ti Matrix Composite by EBSD and TEM

    Haibo Feng, Yu Zhou, Dechang Jia, Qingchang Meng

    pp. 575-580

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.575

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    The spark plasma sintered in situ TiB reinforced titanium metal matrix composite was investigated by EBSD and TEM. The sintered composite consists of 30.8% α-Ti phase, 55.7% β-Ti phase and 12.9% in situ TiB reinforcements. Most of the TiB whiskers distributed along phase boundaries between α-Ti and β-Ti, others located within α-Ti and β-Ti grains. Some β-Ti grains with parallel TiB whiskers were observed in the orientation imaging micrograph (OIM). The TiB grows along [010] direction and forms whisker with a hexagonal cross-section. The [010] direction of paralleled TiB whiskers is parallel to [111] direction of cubic β-Ti. High density stacking faults are formed in (100)TiB planes to minimizing the lattice mismatch between TiB and the Ti matrix.

  • Dilatometric Study of Reaustenitisation of High Silicon Bainitic Steels: Decomposition of Retained Austenite

    Francisca G. Caballero, Carlos García-Mateo, Carlos García de Andrés

    pp. 581-586

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.581

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    The formation of austenite during the heating of high-silicon steels with a microstructure of bainitic ferrite plates separated by carbon-enriched regions of retained austenite has been studied. As the steel is heated, retained austenite decomposes into a mixture of ferrite and carbides before a temperature is reached where it becomes the more stable phase and hence can grow. The decomposition makes it necessary for the austenite to nucleate from the mixture of ferrite and carbides. In this work, dilatometric analysis, transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction have helped to identify the processes that take place during the heating experiment.

  • Fabrication of Lotus-Type Silver with Directional Pores by Unidirectional Solidification in Oxygen Atmosphere

    Takuji Nakahata, Hideo Nakajima

    pp. 587-592

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.587

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    Lotus-type silver was fabricated by unidirectional solidification in mixture gas of oxygen and argon at high pressures. Two solidification methods were adopted in this study: the unidirectional solidification casting method and the Czochralski method. The directional pores were evolved by insoluble oxygen when silver melt dissolving oxygen was solidified. Non-uniform size distributions of pores in distorted shapes were observed in lotus-type silver fabricated by the unidirectional solidification casting method. On the other hand, round shape pores with good circularity and more uniform pore size were found in the cross section of the lotus-type silver made by the Czochralski method. The distortion of pore shape is attributed to the re-dissolution of oxygen gas in the pores to the molten silver during solidification.

  • Effect of Welding Variables on Cooling Rate and Pitting Corrosion Resistance in Super Duplex Stainless Weldments

    Huei-Sen Wang

    pp. 593-601

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.593

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    This work was carried out to investigate the effect of welding variables (includes wire feeding techniques, wire feeding rates and heat inputs) on the cooling rate, Δt8⁄5 (cooling time from 800 to 500°C), in the weld and heat affected zone (HAZ) areas of multi-pass weldments in a super duplex stainless steel. Furthermore, changes in thermal condition caused by welding variables can affect the microstructure and consequently the material properties. Therefore, supporting tests, including pitting corrosion resistance and microstructure analysis were investigated.
    To establish the effect of welding variables on the cooling rate, a series of weldments using a semi-automatic welding process which is enable the control of welding variables such that one parameter can be varied at a time were completed. The method used for pitting resistance tests was the basic ASTM G48-76 standard, with reference to the ASTM A923-94 standard and recommended practice for pitting corrosion tests for duplex stainless steel weldments by the use of ferric chloride solution from The Welding Institute (TWI). Microstructure Analysis was carried out using a Buehler Omnimet Image Analysis System and a manual point counting technique with reference to ASTM E562-89 (Standard test method for determining volume fraction by systematic manual point count).
    From these tests results, various empirical correlations have been proposed to relate the cooling rates and pitting corrosion resistance to the welding variables.

  • Slip Morphology and Recrystallization in Copper Single Crystals Tensile-Deformed along ⟨011⟩ and ⟨001⟩ Direction

    Tatsuya Okada, Mitsuyoshi Utani, Atsushi Osue, Nobukazu Fujii, Minoru Tagami, Fukuji Inoko

    pp. 602-607

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.602

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    Single crystals of pure copper were tensile-deformed along ⟨011⟩- and ⟨001⟩ direction and then annealed to study their deformation and recrystallization behaviors. In the ⟨011⟩ single crystals, no large-scale deformation band was formed. The areas where the secondary slip was activated were small and were randomly distributed throughout the deformed crystals. Large rotation with respect to the initial orientation was found. After annealing, many recrystallized grains were formed. In the ⟨001⟩ single crystal, because of almost equal activation of eight slip systems on four slip planes, orientation change associated with deformation was very small. Large-scale cross-slip was completely suppressed. As a result, the work-hardening of the ⟨001⟩ single crystal was very large. After annealing, large primary recrystallized grains were formed. The above results are compared with those of aluminum single crystals having the same tensile orientations.

  • Electron Irradiation Induced Nanocrystallization Behavior in Fe71Zr9B20 Metallic Glass

    Takeshi Nagase, Yukichi Umakoshi

    pp. 608-615

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.608

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    Electron irradiation was performed in an amorphous phase of Fe71Zr9B20 metallic glass. Although the amorphous phase showed high thermal stability with a wide supercooled liquid region of 71 K, it could not maintain the original structure under electron irradiation and electron irradiation induced crystallization occurred at 103 K and 298 K. There was a great difference in phase selection between thermal crystallization and electron irradiation induced crystallization. The irradiation temperature strongly affected the phase selection and transformation kinetics. The dominant factors of phase selection in electron irradiation induced crystallization were discussed on the basis of phase stability against electron irradiation and the necessity of redistribution of constituent atoms.

  • Thermal Crystallization and Electron Irradiation Induced Phase Transformation Behavior in Zr66.7Cu33.3 Metallic Glass

    Takeshi Nagase, Yukichi Umakoshi

    pp. 616-621

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.616

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    Phase transformation behavior and phase stability of Zr66.7Cu33.3 metallic glass were examined during thermal annealing and electron irradiation. Metastable f.c.c.-Zr2Cu phase precipitated in amorphous matrix and formed nanostructure by electron irradiation induced crystallization. With further thermal annealing, the nano grains of the f.c.c.-Zr2Cu coarsened accompanied by precipitation of thermally stable b.c.t.-Zr2Cu phase from amorphous matrix. The thermal equilibrium b.c.t.-Zr2Cu crystalline phase was transformed to the nanocrystalline f.c.c.-Zr2Cu phase through the amorphous state during electron irradiation. The unique solid state amorphization and crystallization behavior by electron irradiation can be explained by the thermodynamical model based on the change in relative phase stability among amorphous and crystalline phases by electron irradiation. The thermal stability of the f.c.c.-Zr2Cu phase and the effect of dose rate on electron irradiation induced phase transformation were investigated in order to confirm the validity of the thermodynamical model.

  • Mechanical Modeling of Al-Mg Alloy Open-Cell Foams

    Kwan Moo Ryu, Jae Young An, Won-Seung Cho, Yeon-Chul Yoo, Hyoung Seop Kim

    pp. 622-625

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.622

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    A finite element analysis was employed to simulate the deformation behavior of Al-Mg alloy foams of 92% porosity during compressive testing and the simulated results were compared with experimental ones. The crushable foam model developed in ABAQUS software for compressible foam materials could well reproduce the uniaxial compressive behavior in terms of stress-strain response and deformed geometry. In particular, the effect of friction between the dies and the foam specimen was discussed.

  • Experimental Investigation of Cavitation Behavior in AZ61 Magnesium Alloy

    Juan Velázquez Aguirre, Yorinobu Takigawa, Kenji Higashi

    pp. 626-630

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.626

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    The rate of cavitation with superplastic strain was investigated for a superplastic AZ61 magnesium alloy at a strain rate of 2×10−4 s−1 and temperature of 648 K, under the conditions of which an elongation of more than 250% has been found. Cavities initiated at grain boundaries. The cavitation showed a growth perpendicular to the applied stress direction after the initial strains. The subsequent growth and coalescence of cavities invariably leads to failure of the material. The experimental growth rates are in good agreement with the rate predicted by the plasticity-controlled growth mechanism.

  • Evaluation of High-Temperature Strength of Mo/PSZ Composites by Modified Small Punch Tests

    Zhi Xiong, Wan Jiang, Ying Shi, Akira Kawasaki, Ryuzo Watanabe

    pp. 631-636

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.631

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    Modified Small Punch (MSP) test techniques have been used to evaluate the strength of Mo/PSZ (partially stabilized zirconia) composites from room temperature to 1573 K. The dependence of deformation, strength and fracture behavior of the composites on temperature, composition and microstructure is discussed in detail. The results show that the high temperature strength, which depends on the composition as well as the microstructure, can be simply measured by the MSP tests. Linear relationship is obtained between the MSP strengths and 4-point bending strengths.

  • In-situ X-ray Diffraction of Corrosion Products Formed on Iron Surfaces

    Yohei Takahashi, Eiichiro Matsubara, Shigeru Suzuki, Yoshinori Okamoto, Takuya Komatsu, Hiroyuki Konishi, Junichiro Mizuki, Yoshio Waseda

    pp. 637-642

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.637

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    In-situ X-ray diffraction measurements by synchrotron radiation and conventional X-ray source have been carried out for identifying constituent species of corrosion products, which were formed on the surface of a pure iron and an iron-5 mass% nickel alloy by reaction with aqueous solutions containing sodium chloride or sodium sulfate. A cell has been prepared for in-situ diffraction measurements of the corrosion products. Diffraction patterns from the corrosion products showed that major constituent species of the corrosion products was γ-FeOOH, and the fraction of minor species of α-FeOOH and Fe3O4 in the corrosion products depended on corrosion conditions, such as wetting and drying processes, anion species in aqueous solutions and nickel in the sample. An oxide scale thermally formed on the iron surface was also found to affect the formation of corrosion products.

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  • Calculation of Thermodynamic Properties and Phase Diagrams for the CaO-CaF2, BaO-CaO and BaO-CaF2 Systems by Molecular Dynamics Simulation

    Won-Gap Seo, Donghong Zhou, Fumitaka Tsukihashi

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.643

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    The thermodynamic properties for the CaO-CaF2, BaO-CaO and BaO-CaF2 systems were calculated by molecular dynamics (MD) simulation using the simple Born-Mayer-Huggins type potential model. The interatomic potential parameters were determined by fitting the thermodynamic properties of pure CaO, BaO and CaF2. The calculated thermodynamic properties for CaO, BaO and CaF2 were in good agreement with measured results, and the superionic conductivity on the solid-solid phase transition of CaF2 has also been successfully assessed by MD simulation. The ΔHM, ΔSM and ΔGM for each binary system were calculated based on the thermodynamic parameters obtained by MD simulation and thermodynamic solution model. The calculated enthalpy interaction parameters for the BaO-CaF2 system represented the possibility of formation of the compounds such as BaO·CaF2 in the BaO-CaF2 system. The calculated phase diagrams for the CaO-CaF2 and BaO-CaO systems were in good agreement with experimentally measured and CALPHAD method results. The calculated eutectic points for the CaO-CaF2 and BaO-CaO systems were about 20 mol% CaO at 1650 K and about 20 mol% CaO at 2050 K, respectively. The BaO-CaF2 system has also been estimated the liquidus lines in the CaF2-rich and BaO-rich region by MD simulation.

  • Prediction of the Occurrence of Swirl Motion at Interface between Stratified Two Liquids

    Daisuke Iguchi, Manabu Iguchi, Yasushi Sasaki

    pp. 651-657

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.651

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    An interface between stratified two liquids contained in a cylindrical vessel rotated around the vertical vessel axis when a bottom blown jet of the lower liquid impinged on the interface. This swirl motion has high mixing intensity, and hence, is useful for enhancing mass transfer at the interface. A critical condition for the occurrence of the swirl motion was experimentally investigated. Empirical equations proposed originally for predicting the critical occurrence condition of a swirl motion in a single-liquid bath were applicable to this case by replacing the gravitational acceleration constant by a modified gravitational acceleration one.

  • Kinetic Study on Recovery of Antimony in Anode Slime from Used Lead Batteries Utilizing Volatile Oxide Formation

    Satoshi Itoh, Junji Ono, Mitsutaka Hino, Tetsuya Nagasaka

    pp. 658-664

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.658

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    From the viewpoint of recycling and recovery of metal values from used lead-batteries, especially from lead anode slime, recovery of antimony has been studied experimentally. First, oxidation kinetics has been investigated for pure liquid antimony in the temperature range between 973 and 1373 K to elucidate the reaction mechanism. Since lead anode slime generally consists of antimony, lead and bismuth, oxidation experiments have also been carried out using antimony-lead-bismuth alloy. It was found that gas phase mass transfer step mainly controls the overall oxidation rate. The overall rate was expressed as the sum of antimony oxide and metallic antimony evaporation rates. The oxide evaporation is dominant at lower temperature around 1073 K with higher oxygen partial pressure. In the experiment of the antimony-lead-bismuth alloy simulated for anode slime, only the oxide Sb4O6 evaporation was observed, indicating that antimony was preferentially oxidized followed by evaporation of antimony oxide. The oxidation rate of the alloy was substantially identical with that of pure antimony. This is the advantage of oxidation treatment for anode slime.

  • Enhancement of CO2 Absorbance for Lithium Ferrite—Combinatorial Application of X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Imaging

    Hiromi Eba, Kenji Sakurai

    pp. 665-668

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.665

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    Lithium ferrite powder was prepared at quite a low temperature by solid-state reaction, and its performance as a CO2 absorbent was tested. In order to evaluate its performance efficiently, the idea of combinatorial-material development was introduced and combined with novel X-ray fluorescence (XRF) imaging analysis. The XRF of multiple samples on a combinatorial substrate were observed in parallel—and therefore in a short space of time—thus enabling the X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) of the samples to be compared with one another. Thermogravimetry (TG) was also used to estimate the absorption speed and absorbing mass of CO2 quantitatively. The X-ray diffraction pattern showed that the obtained lithium ferrite was mainly α-LiFeO2, and the broadening of the lines suggested a nano-crystalline product. LiFeO2 reacted with CO2 to form Li2CO3 and γ-Fe2O3. Changes in the XAFS spectra and the weight changes observed by TG with CO2 exposure showed quick and voluminous absorbance by the low-temperature synthesized sample, and a higher performance was confirmed compared with samples prepared by the conventional ceramic method.

  • Structure Control of Plasma Sprayed Zircon Coating by Substrate Preheating and Post Heat Treatment

    Masato Suzuki, Satoshi Sodeoka, Takahiro Inoue

    pp. 669-674

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.669

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    Zircon is widely used in industrial field as a refractory material, because of its excellent mechanical and chemical properties at high temperature. Authors have been studied on the effect of the heat treatment on the structure and properties of plasma sprayed zircon coating as a candidate for an environmental barrier coating (EBC). In this study, very dense coating with excellent adhesive strength was successfully obtained by optimizing the spray process. Substrate temperature is one of the dominant factors to control porosity and crack formation in the coating. The higher substrate temperature, obtained by plasma pre-heating, resulted in lower porosity and less cracks. Open porosity of the coating was quite low, about 2%, in the coatings obtained especially above 1473 K of the substrate temperature.

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    Takeyuki Shimada, Dmitri V. Louzguine, Junji Saida, Akihisa Inoue

    pp. 675-680

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.675

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    The devitrification of Ni60Nb25Ti15 glassy alloy has been investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential scanning and isothermal calorimetry and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The primarily crystallized phase was a cubic Ni(Ti,Nb) phase with a lattice parameter of 0.293 nm. A Ni3Nb phase follows precipitation of the Ni(Ti,Nb) phase. The cubic Ni(Ti,Nb) phase undergoes partial transformation to Ni4Ti3 phase. These cubic Ni(Ti,Nb) phases disappear at the equilibrium conditions.
    The supercooled liquid region (ΔTx) of the Ni60Nb25Ti15 glassy alloy was extended to 64 K with the addition of Pt. The Ni55Nb25Ti15Pt5 glassy alloy rods with diameters up to 2 mm were formed by mold casting. Pt and the other noble metals additions do not alter devitrification of Ni60Nb25Ti15 glassy alloy.

  • Gas Contamination due to Milling Atmospheres of Mechanical Alloying and Its Effect on Impact Strength

    Yuji Muramatsu, Shuji Wanikawa, Minoru Ohtaguchi, Hirokazu Okada, Fujio Abe

    pp. 681-686

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.681

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    This study seeks to clarify the effects of gas contamination from milling atmospheres of mechanical alloying (MA) on mechanical properties. An iron-based dispersion alloy of Fe-13Cr-3W-0.5Ti-0.5Y2O3 (mass%) was selected as the experiment material. We prepared MA powders by milling mixed powders in atmospheres of argon, helium, hydrogen, nitrogen, and vacuum; then we made bulk alloys by groove rolling the MA powders. We then examined atmospheric elements trapped in the MA powders and their releasing processes with heat treatment in vacuum. For bulk alloys, we also examined the high-temperature behavior of residual atmospheric elements and their effects on impact strength as a function of heat-treatment time at 923 K.
    Experiment results demonstrated that some of the atmospheric element trapped by MA powder was unexpectedly difficult to remove with heat treatment. The content of widely used argon in MA powder, for example, was 0.013 mass%, and the argon was difficult to remove even with treatment at 1473 K, which is considered the maximum allowable temperature. Therefore, most of the argon was introduced into bulk alloy as gas contamination. Nitrogen was effectively reduced with treatment at 1323 K; however, hydrogen could not be sufficiently removed with this treatment. Residual argon and helium in bulk alloys formed bubbles at elevated temperatures and caused density decrease (swelling). Impact strengths of the bulk alloys obtained through milling in argon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and vacuum decreased with increased treatment time; more remarkable decreases were observed in the alloys including argon and hydrogen. We concluded that nitrogen is the most suitable milling atmosphere to be applied as high-temperature materials.

  • Microstructure of Nitrided AA5052 Aluminum Alloy Formed by Electron Beam Excited Plasma Technique

    Li. Liu, Atsushi Yamamoto, Takanori Hishida, Hiroaki Shoyama, Tamio Hara, Harushige Tsubakino

    pp. 687-690

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.687

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    The nitriding of the AA5052 aluminum alloy was carried out using an electron beam excited plasma (EBEP) technique. The specimen was characterized with respect to the following properties: crystallographic structure (X-ray powder diffraction) and the surface and cross sectional microstructures of the nitrided layer (AlN layer) observed by means of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The AlN layer was uniformly formed on the AA5052 alloy with the thickness of around 4–5 μm. In the AlN layer, pillar-shaped grains were formed perpendicular to the surface with different orientations. The average grain size near the interface between the substrate and the AlN layer was smaller than that near the surface of the AlN layer. On the surface of the AlN layer, the nitrogen concentration was high, and in the middle of the AlN layer, it had a constant concentration like aluminum, and the concentration decreased as it approached the interface. The magnesium concentrates at the interface due to the formation of MgAl2O4.

  • Development of a New Active Material Based on SiC-Fiber/Aluminum Composite

    Hiroshi Asanuma, Genji Hakoda, Haruki Kurihara, Yun Lu

    pp. 691-696

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.691

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    The present paper proposes an active SiC-fiber/aluminum composite utilizing its thermal deformation caused by non-uniform distribution of reinforcement fibers. A laminate of a continuous and unidirectional SiC fiber reinforced aluminum plate and an unreinforced aluminum plate was fabricated by the interphase forming/bonding method using a copper insert foil and its thermal deformation characteristics were investigated. The fabricated composite curved unidirectionally in the fiber direction by cooling from the hot pressing temperature, which is different from the behavior of a bimetal. Curvature of the composite at room temperature was maximized by investigating the effect of thickness of the aluminum plate, distance between the fibers and length of the composite in the experimented range. Under the optimum condition, its dependence on fiber length was clarified. It was also revealed that copper diffused but concentrated around the fibers, and that the interphase forming/bonding method with a copper insert increased the curvature of the composite. In a thermal cycling test, the curvature of the composite at room temperature reduced by heating from that to zero at the temperature of about 580 K. The zero-curvature temperature and the curvature at room temperature were reproducible for ten thermal cycles. These results suggest an availability of this composite as an active material.

  • Variation in Electrical Properties of Laminates with Woven Carbon Fabric and Ferroelectric or Piezoelectric Particulate Epoxy due to Tensile Loading

    Kensuke Kageyama, Takeshi Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Kato

    pp. 697-703

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.697

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    Measurement of electrical properties of fiber-reinforced plastics (FRPs) is an attractive method for predicting fatigue life and recording strain in FRPs. In this study, we prepared ferroelectric specimens laminated with woven carbon fabric and BaTiO3 particulate epoxy. We measured those specimens’ electrical properties during tensile testing. Electrical resistance increased slightly and the electrical capacitance decreased as the tensile stress increased up to 500 MPa. As the tensile stress increased above 500 MPa, the electrical resistance and electrical capacitance increased. The electrical resistance and capacitance may be dependent on the applied tensile stress because of delamination between an epoxy layer and a carbon fabric layer, and fiber breakage in carbon fabric layers. Capacitance degradation from the beginning of tensile testing indicates that the addition of BaTiO3 particles into epoxy layers induced the delamination. Subsequently, piezoelectric specimens laminated with woven carbon fabric and poled lead zirconate titanate (PZT) particulate epoxy were prepared for repeated loading tests. Thereby, we investigated the relationship between loading and piezoelectric signals. Variation in the capacitance of epoxy layers rather than that in the polarization of PZT particles may be the generation mechanism of measured signals in the piezoelectric specimens. The peak interval in the piezoelectric signal waveforms was deeply related to the applied tensile stress. The peak intensity tended to increase with loading cycles.

  • Effect of Solvent Evaporation and Shrink on Conductivity of Conductive Adhesive

    Woo-Ju Jeong, Hiroshi Nishikawa, Hideyuki Gotoh, Tadashi Takemoto

    pp. 704-708

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.704

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    This paper describes the effect of solvent evaporation and shrink in conductive adhesive. The adhesion mechanism of conductive adhesive strongly depends on the curing of the polymer matrix. The curing is preceded by polymer matrix chemical reactions, such as cross-linking, solvent evaporation and shrink. Accordingly, it is important to understand the effect of solvent evaporation and conductive adhesive shrink in curing. The curing behaviors and solvent evaporation of conductive adhesive were investigated using a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA). As curing time increases, the silver particles in the polymer are concentrated due to the incremental solvent evaporation rate and the shrink rate. As a result, the silver particles in the polymer form an electric path. These results reveal that the shrink rate and solvent evaporation rate increase in conductive adhesive during the curing process improved their conductivity.

  • A Comparison of the Microstructural Feature and Bonding Strength of Plasma-Sprayed Hydroxyapatite Coatings with Hydrothermal and Vacuum Post-Heat Treatment

    Chung-Wei Yang, Tzer-Min Lee, Truan-Sheng Lui, Edward Chang

    pp. 709-715

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.709

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    Plasma-sprayed hydroxyapatite (Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2, HA) is an attractive biomaterials because it can provide the osteoconductivity and osseointegration to form a chemical bonding to bone. In order to improve the properties of HA, the post-heat treatment was performed and the effect of an ambient atmosphere on phase purity, crystallinity and bonding strength of plasma-sprayed HA coatings (HACs) was investigated. On the basis of quantitative analysis in crystallinity and phase content, autoclaving hydrothermal treatment was found to be effective for the elimination of impurity phases and amorphous calcium phosphate. It should be noted that plasma-sprayed HACs with a crystallinity of 84.5% and very low impurity phase content of 1.4 mass% can be obtained through a low temperature (200°C) hydrothermal treatment. Experimental evidence confirmed that the saturated steam atmosphere plays an important role in lowering the heating temperatures and promoting HA crystallization. Furthermore, hydrothermal-treated HACs show superiority in prominent OH− and PO43− groups than vacuum heating HACs. In addition, the bonding strength of the coating layer also can be improved from 35.7 MPa (vacuum heating) to 39.4 MPa (150°C hydrothermal treatment). From the evaluation of microstructural features and properties, an excessively high heating temperature will cause contraction with HA crystallization resulting in detrimental large cracks that lead to bonding degradation. Consequently, hydrothermal treatment seems very promising as a way of improving the properties of HA coatings.

  • Local Electronic Structure of Adatom Vacancies on Si(111)-7×7 Surface

    Takashi Yamauchi, Yoshihiro Takahara, Nobutaka Narita

    pp. 716-719

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.716

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    Local electronic structure around the adatom vacancies on Si(111)-7×7 surface has been investigated using the methods of STM (scanning tunneling microscopy), STS (scanning tunneling spectroscopy) and the molecular orbital calculation for the cluster of local structure around each adatom vacancy. In view of the difference of surrounding local structure, the adatoms are classified into four types, i.e., the corner- and center-adatoms in a faulted half (F) cell, and the corner- and center-adatoms in an unfaulted half (UF) cell.
    The brightness for the nearest neighbor adatom of each adatom vacancy differs from that of each adatom in the STM images. In the STS spectra for each type of adatom vacancies, characteristic state is revealed. The new state forms at about 0.15 eV above the HOMO (highest occupied molecular orbital) level for the adatom. The change of the local electronic structure by the presence of a vacancy is shown by the MO calculation using the cluster models with and without a vacancy. The new state also is observed in the calculated LDOS (local density of states).

  • Resistivity Study of Eutectoid Decomposition Kinetics of α-Fe2Si5 Alloy

    Junxiang Jiang, Kazuhiro Matsugi, Gen Sasaki, Osamu Yanagisawa

    pp. 720-725

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.720

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    The kinetics of the eutectoid decomposition α→β+Si in a sintered α-Fe2Si5 alloy under isothermal conditions has been studied by using electrical resistivity technique. X-ray diffraction was applied to determine the relation of resistivity and transformed volume fraction by quantitative analysis. The time-temperature-transformation (TTT) diagram for the reaction was obtained in the temperature range of 873–1148 K. The TTT diagram shows a typical C shape and gets nose at 1073 K. A general expression of Johnson-Mehl-Avrami (JMA) equation was proposed by introducing a constant, which is associated with spatial distribution of nucleation. The mechanism of the transformation was discussed in the theoretical frame of the modified JMA theory. The Avrami exponent was found to change with temperature, n=3.8 above 1073 K and n=3.0 in the region of 873–1073 K. The results indicated that an interface controlled three-dimensional growth is responsible for the β formation in the eutectoid decomposition under the conditions of decreasing nucleation rate above 1073 K but zero nucleation rate (site saturation of nucleation) in the region of 873–1073 K. The activation energy associated with the eutectoid decomposition, obtained in the lower temperature range, was 132.8 kJ/mol.

  • Net-Shaping of In-situ Synthesized (TiC+TiB) Hybrid Titanium Matrix Composites

    Si-Young Sung, Young-Jig Kim

    pp. 726-729

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.726

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    The aim of this study is to establish an effective technique for the economic net-shape forming of in-situ synthesized titanium matrix composites (TMCs) using a casting route. In-situ synthesis and investment casting of TMCs were carried out in a horizontal centrifugal vacuum induction melting furnace. The synthesized (TiC+TiB) TMCs were examined using scanning electron microscopy, electron probe micro-analyzer and X-ray diffraction, and through thermodynamic calculations. No melts-mold reaction was observed between the synthesized composites and a SKK mold, since the SKK mold comprised both interstitial and substitutional melts-mold reaction products. The results of the in-situ synthesis and the investment casting of TMCs show that our casting route can be an effective approach for the economic net-shape forming of TMCs.

  • Formation of High Strength In-situ Bulk Metallic Glass Composite with Enhanced Plasticity in Cu50Zr47.5Ti2.5 Alloy

    Qingsheng Zhang, Haifeng Zhang, Zhengwang Zhu, Zhuangqi Hu

    pp. 730-733

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.730

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    New high strength in-situ bulk metallic glass (BMG) composite with enhanced plasticity was synthesized in Cu50Zr47.5Ti2.5 alloy. The enhanced phase is the primary crystalline precipitate, ZrCu phase. The in-situ bulk metallic glass composite with a diameter of 1.5 mm was successfully fabricated by copper mold casting Cu50Zr47.5Ti2.5 alloy. For the as-cast rod with a diameter of 1.5 mm, the compressive fracture strength and compressive fracture strain are 2.24 GPa and 10.5%, respectively. The precipitated ZrCu phase results in the formation of the large amount of shear bands in the whole specimen. This is the reason for the high plasticity of the in situ Cu50Zr47.5Ti2.5 BMG composite with the mixed structure of the ZrCu phase dispersing in the BMG matrix.

  • Influence of Co Addition on Martensitic and Magnetic Transitions in Ni-Fe-Ga β Based Shape Memory Alloys

    Katsunari Oikawa, Yousuke Imano, Volodymyr A. Chernenko, Fenghua Luo, Toshihiro Omori, Yuji Sutou, Ryosuke Kainuma, Takeshi Kanomata, Kiyohito Ishida

    pp. 734-737

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.734

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    The effect of Co addition on the martensitic transition and magnetic properties of the Ni-Fe-Ga β alloys is investigated. The values of both the Curie temperature Tc and martensitic transition starting temperature Ms increase, while the saturation magnetization Is decreases with increasing Co content in the series of Ni51Fe22−XCoXGa27 alloys. On the other hand, the values of both Tc and Is increase and Ms decrease with increasing Co content in the series of Ni54−XFe19CoXGa27 alloys. Tc and Is show a strong dependence on the average magnetic valence number Zm. Consequently, Co is an effective element to control both the martensitic and the magnetic transition temperatures.

  • Alloying Effect on the Hydrogen Sensing Property of Melt-Spun Mg90Pd10 Amorphous Alloy

    Sumiaki Nakano, Sin-ichi Yamaura, Sakae Uchinashi, Hisamichi Kimura, Akihisa Inoue

    pp. 738-741

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    DOI:10.2320/matertrans.46.738

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    We have investigated the effect of additional elements, mainly Ni, on the properties of the Mg90Pd10 amorphous alloy, which has the significant sensitivity to hydrogen dissolved in water. The results have shown that the Ni addition to the Mg90Pd10 amorphous alloy brings about complicated changes in the thermal stability, the electric property and the sensitivity to hydrogen dissolved in water. The sensitivity of the (Mg0.9Pd0.1)100−xNix amorphous alloy has a tendency to decrease with increasing the Ni content. Nevertheless, the Ni addition is more preferable as for the thermal stability of the amorphous phase and the sensitivity to hydrogen than the Cu, Al, Ti or Co addition.
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