Abstract
The effects of titanium additions up to 0.6 wt percent on the irradiation-induced swelling and changes in creep-rupture properties were investigated. Samples were irradiated in the Experimental Breeder Reactor II at temperatures in the range from 450 to 700/sup 0/C to a maximum neutron fluence of 7.8 x 10/sup 26/ n/m/sup 2/ (>0.1 MeV). In annealed material, the irradiation-induced swelling exhibited a minimum in the range 0.2 to 0.4 wt percent titanium. The minimum in swelling was directly attributable to a minimum in the concentration of voids. Samples irradiated in the 20 percent cold-worked condition exhibited slight densification at 3.0 x 10/sup 26/ n/m/sup 2/ (>0.1 MeV) at both 500 and 600/sup 0/C. A small density decrease (0.23 percent) occurred during irradiation to 6.6 x 10/sup 26/ n/m/sup 2/ (>0.1 MeV). Postirradiation creep-rupture ductility was a maximum for alloys containing 0.23 and 0.33 wt percent titanium. The observed swelling behavior in the annealed material is thought to be associated with changing amounts of titanium and carbon in solution in the austenite as the total titanium concentration is increased. The improved ductility is attributable to a decreased tendency for grain boundary crack formation and appears to be associated with removal ofmore » sulfur and possibly other impurities from solution in the austenite.« less
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