摘要
Tensile, Charpy, and transmission electron microscopy specimens of two conventional steels, modified 9Cr1Mo (9Cr1MoVNb) and Sandvik HT9 (12Cr1MoVW), and two reduced-activation steels, Fe9Cr2W-0.25V-0.1C (9Cr2WV) and Fe9Cr2W0.25V0.07V0.07TaTa0.1C (9Cr2WVTa), were irradiated in the Fast Flux Test Facility. Before irradiation, M 23 C 6 was the primary precipitate in all four steels, which also contained some MC. Neutron irradiation did not substantially alter the M 23 C 6 and MC. No new phases formed during irradiated of the 9Cr and 9CrWVTa, but chi-phase precipitated in the 9Cr1MoVNb and chi-phase and α′ precipitated in the 12Cr1MoVW. Irradiation-produced dislocation loops formed in the 9Cr2WV, 9Cr2WVTa, and 12Cr1MoVW The microstructural changes caused the steels to harden, as measured by the change in yield stress. Hardening was correlated with a change in the Charpy impact properties of the 9Cr1MoVNb, 12Cr1MoVW, and 9Cr2WV. Although irradiation caused a yield stress increase in 9Cr2WVTa similar to that for the 9Cr2WV and 9Cr1MoVNb, the change in Charphy properties was considerably less for the 9Cr2WVTa. This different in Charpy behavior of the 9Cr2WVTa with that of the 9Cr2WV and 9Cr1MoVNb was attributed to differences in the fracture stress-temperature relationship and/or the flow stress-temperature relationship between the 9Cr2WVTa and the other two 9Cr steels. © 1995, All rights reserved.