Abstract
ABSTRACTIndian reduced activation ferritic-martensitic steel was irradiated with 1.1 MeV Fe ions to various doses from 1 to100 dpa at room temperature. The depth profiling of irradiation-induced vacancy-type defects and the defect-recovery under post-irradiation annealing was studied using variable low-energy positron beam Doppler broadening spectroscopy. The influence of irradiation-induced defects on the microstructural properties was studied by glancing incidence x-ray diffraction (GIXRD) and nanoindentation technique. Positron annihilation study showed the signatures of reduced vacancy concentration at the peak damage region due to injected interstitial effect from 30 to 100 dpa and the widening of vacancy-interstitial recombination-rich region towards the end of ion range with the increase in dose. The GIXRD results were analysed by modified Williamson–Hall plot method, and the variation of coherent domain size and micro-strain with irradiation dose was studied. Irradiation-induced hardening was observed in the nanoindentation study. The features observed in the GIXRD and nanoindentation study are correlated with the depth-resolved defect distribution observed in the positron annihilation study.
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