Abstract
The instrumented Charpy impact test was applied to commercial Mn-steel and ferritic steels before and after JMTR irradiation ( 6.5 × 10 22 n/m 2 ). The load-deflection curves show typical characteristics of the fracture properties of the specimens; i.e. linear elastic behaviour for the brittle fracture and elastic-plastic behaviour for the ductile fracture. The fracture deflection and the absorption energy (fracture energy) dropped rapidly at the temperature of ductile to brittle transition. The ductile-brittle transition temperatures (DBTTs) showed shifts of about 30 and 40 K due to the irradiation for 9Cr-1Mo and 9Cr-2Mo steels, respectively. In Mn-steel the transition from ductile to brittle did not appear at temperatures higher than 77 K. The lateral expansions measured from the scanning electron micrographs show good correspondence to the above results.
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