| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2025 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Elucidating Microstructural Evolution Under Extreme Environments
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| Presentation Title |
Irradiation-Induced Microstructure Evolution in Graphite |
| Author(s) |
Anne A. Campbell, José Arregui Mena |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Anne A. Campbell |
| Abstract Scope |
Radiation is the most extreme environment that materials can be subjected because radiation fundamentally changes materials through numerous processes and enhance other changes that occur in additional extreme environments. Graphite is the oldest nuclear structural material, but much remains unknown about how exposure of graphite to irradiation modifies the microstructure. Newer characterization techniques are utilized every day to study graphite, because traditional techniques relied on differences in atomic mass were not applicable to graphite. This includes new atomistic modeling and the use of advanced characterization techniques to interrogate irradiation damage formation and the morphology of the resulting defects. Even with these rapidly advancing techniques, the ability to measure and quantify the changes to the microstructure of graphite due to irradiation damage is still quite difficult. This presentation will discuss what is currently know about irradiation damage in graphite and discuss how new techniques are being used to advance this knowledge. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Nuclear Materials, Characterization, |