About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2024 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Mechanical Behavior at the Nanoscale VII
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| Presentation Title |
Nanoindentation Studies on Early-stage Irradiation Damage in Concentrated Solid-solution Alloys |
| Author(s) |
Liuqing Yang, Youxing Chen, Jimmie Miller, William John Weber, Yanwen Zhang |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Liuqing Yang |
| Abstract Scope |
Newly-emerged concentrated solid-solution alloys (CSAs) have been considered as viable structural materials for new-generation nuclear reactors owing to their unexpected irradiation tolerance. Due to limited volume of the irradiated regions however, intrinsic parametric radiation properties, as well as radiation-modified surface properties of the irradiated CSAs, are less explored in this nascent stage of discovery. The advancement of nanoindentation and its characteristic capability of depth-sensitive detection provides the opportunity to probe surface properties of shallow irradiated layers. In this talk a unique set of single-phase Ni-based CSAs investigated by nanoindentation will be reported. First, surface properties of irradiated samples are carefully examined, and the influence of indentation size effect and pile-up/sink-in effect are considered. Second, the early-stage damage in irradiated samples is quantitatively evaluated through nanoindentation. Finally, potential irradiation hardening mechanisms in the early stage and deformation mechanisms underneath nanoindentation are revealed. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Nanotechnology, High-Entropy Alloys, Mechanical Properties |