Abstract
The alloy of V5Ti5Cr1SiAl,Y (nominal composition, weight percentage) was developed to improve oxidation properties and high temperature strength, and has been studied as one of the candidates for fusion applications. This alloy showed low swelling properties and enough tensile ductility after neutron irradiation to high fluence levels. The dislocation microstructures after tensile deformation and defect microstructures in the neutron-irradiated alloy to high fluences were studied. Irradiation was conducted in the Materials Open Test Assembly of the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF/MOTA-2A) at 406°C to 46 dpa and the deformation microstructures were examined by transmission electron microscopy. Slip dislocations were developed inhomogeneously in the specimen deformed at ambient temperature after neutron irradiation. Dislocation loops contributed mainly to hardening of the alloy after irradiation; however, cavities and radiation-induced precipitates did not so much.
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