About this Abstract | 
  
   
    | Meeting | 
    2024 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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    | Symposium 
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    Accelerated Qualification of Nuclear Materials Integrating Experiments, Modeling, and Theories
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    | Presentation Title | 
    Temperature Dependence of Helium Cavity Behavior in Ion-irradiated Ductile-phase-toughened Tungsten | 
  
   
    | Author(s) | 
    Weilin  Jiang, James V. Haag, Di  Chen, Libor  Kovarik, Karen  Kruska, Dalong  Zhang, Zhihan  Hu, Lin  Shao, Wahyu  Setyawan | 
  
   
    | On-Site Speaker (Planned) | 
    Weilin  Jiang | 
  
   
    | Abstract Scope | 
    
Compared to brittle tungsten, ductile-phase-toughened tungsten (DPT W) composites are found to possess significantly improved mechanical properties. These materials have been investigated for potential applications in the plasma-facing components of fusion reactors. The DPT W in this study consists of W particles embedded in a ductile-phase NiFeW matrix. Sequential irradiation with self- (Ni<sup>+</sup>) and He<sup>+</sup> ions was performed at room temperature (RT), 700 and 1000°C. The irradiated samples have been characterized using microscopic and spectroscopic methods. While He cavities are not visible in RT-irradiated DPT W, they appear in NiFeW and W as well as aggregate preferentially along the NiFeW/W boundaries during ion irradiation at elevated temperatures. A quantitative analysis of the cavity dimension, number density, He density and pressure in the nanometer-sized cavities has been performed. The results will be reported and the mechanisms for the temperature dependence will be discussed. Further investigation plans will also be outlined. | 
  
   
    | Proceedings Inclusion? | 
    Planned:  | 
  
 
    | Keywords | 
    Nuclear Materials, Characterization, Mechanical Properties |