Abstract
This article presents a novel method combining ion irradiation, in-situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and microchemistry analysis before/after irradiation, which allows to examine same microstructural areas throughout ion irradiation. A 12 wt% Cr Ferritic/Martensitic steel (HT9) was irradiated in the TEM to 1.17 × 1020 ions·m−2 at 440 °C using 1 MeV Kr2+ ions, and the in-situ characterization focused on radiation-induced precipitation and segregation. Results of in-situ experiments were compared with those obtained from ex-situ experiments, to showcase how this method helps to better understand precipitation kinetics in the irradiated material examined ex-situ, for which only snapshots are available at limited doses.
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