| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2023 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Ceramic Materials for Nuclear Energy Research and Applications
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| Presentation Title |
Emulation of Microstructures and Tritium Behavior in Lithium Aluminate by Ion Irradiation |
| Author(s) |
Weilin Jiang, Libor Kovarik, Zihua Zhu, Walter G. Luscher, Andrew M. Casella, David J. Senor |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Weilin Jiang |
| Abstract Scope |
Gamma-phase lithium aluminate (γ-LiAlO₂) has been investigated as a candidate material for fusion reactor blankets and has been utilized for tritium production. The material has an outstanding thermomechanical stability and low-swelling behavior under neutron irradiation. Defects are generated in the material during irradiation of fast neutrons and the energetic helium and tritium particles from nuclear reaction ⁶Li (n, He) T. It is important to investigate the microstructural evolution and its impact on T diffusion and release in order to assess and predict the material performance during neutron irradiation. Over the past years, we have performed emulation of microstructural evolution as well as T and Li transports in γ-LiAlO₂ pellets using sequential irradiation of He⁺ and D⁺ (a surrogate for T⁺) ions at elevated temperatures. This presentation will provide an overview of the results, including a comparison of microstructures and species transport behavior in ion and neutron irradiated γ-LiAlO₂ pellets. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Ceramics, Nuclear Materials, Phase Transformations |