Simulation of Stainless Ferritic-Martensitic and Austenitic Steel Hardening After Irradiation in Ion Accelerator. Part 1. Development of a Methodology for Determining the Ion Mode Irradiation of Ferritic-Martensitic Steels

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A methodology for determining the irradiation mode for ferritic-martensitic steels at ion accelerator has been developed and experimentally substantiated, providing radiation hardening of these steels, identical to that realized under neutron irradiation. The change in Vickers microhardness is used as a measure of radiation hardening. A study was carried out of radiation-induced changes in the microhardness of ferritic-martensitic steels 07Kh12NMFB and EP-823 after neutron and ion irradiation to damaging doses of 10–30 dpa in the temperature range 350–600°C. These materials were irradiated with neutrons in the reactors BOR-60, BN-600 and in the ion accelerator of the State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation – Institute for Physics and Power Engineering named after A.I. Leypunsky (IPPE) with Fe3+, Fe4+ ions and He+ ions to concentrations of 0.2 and 4 appm/dpa. A transition function has been established that connects the irradiation temperatures for neutron and ion irradiation at a given damaging dose, ensuring the same radiation hardening.

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B. Z. Margolin

NRC “Kurchatov Institute” – CRISM “Prometey”

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Dr Sc. (Eng) 49 Shpalernaya St, 191015 St Petersburg, Russian Federation

A. A. Sorokin

NRC “Kurchatov Institute” – CRISM “Prometey”

Email: mail@crism.ru
Cand Sc. (Eng) 49 Shpalernaya St, 191015 St Petersburg, Russian Federation

L. A. Belyaeva

NRC “Kurchatov Institute” – CRISM “Prometey”

Email: mail@crism.ru
Cand Sc. (Eng) 49 Shpalernaya St, 191015 St Petersburg, Russian Federation

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