Radiation resistance and mechanical properties of magnetron-sputtered Cr2AlC thin films

被引：42
作者：
Imtyazuddin, Mohammed [1 ]
Mir, Anamul H. [1 ]
Tunes, Matheus A. [1 ]
Vishnyakov, Vladimir M. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Huddersfield, Inst Mat Res, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, W Yorkshire, England
来源：
JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS | 2019年 / 526卷
基金：
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词：
Cr2AlC; MAX phases; Ion irradiation; Radiation damage; Accident tolerant fuels; Thin solid films; Inconel (R) 718; Hardness; HIGH-TEMPERATURE OXIDATION; CRACK HEALING BEHAVIOR; ION IRRADIATION; MAX PHASES; NEUTRON-IRRADIATION; MATERIALS CHALLENGES; STRUCTURAL-MATERIALS; M(N+1)AX(N) PHASES; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; DEPOSITION;
D O I：
10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.151742
中图分类号：
T [工业技术];
学科分类号：
08 ;
摘要：
Cr2AlC MAX phases were deposited using magnetron sputtering. The synthesis was performed via layer-by-layer deposition from elemental targets onto Si wafer and polished Inconel (R) 718 superalloy substrates at 650 K and 853 K. Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) characterisation showed that the thin films had a thickness of about 0.8 and 1.2 mm for Si and Inconel (R) substrates, respectively, and a MAX phase crystalline structure. Depositions onto Inconel substrate was performed in order to measure film mechanical properties. The films have hardness at around 15 GPa, reduced Young's modulus at around 260 GPa, do not delaminate and showed characteristic ductile behaviour during nanoscratching. Ion irradiations with in situ TEM were performed with 320 keV Xe+ ions up to fluence 1 x 10(16) ions.cm(-2) at 300 K and 623 K. At 300 K the Cr2AlC started to amorphise at around 0.3 dpa. At displacement levels above 3.3 dpa all crystalline structure was almost completely lost. Conversely, irradiations at 623 K showed no recordable amorphisation up to 90 dpa. It is discussed that the presence of many grain boundaries and low defect recombination energy barriers are responsible for high radiation hardness of Cr2AlC MAX phase at 623 K. The thin film Cr2AlC MAX phases have mechanical and radiation stability which makes them a candidate for fuel rod coating as Accident Tolerant Fuels (ATF) material for the next generation of nuclear reactors. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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