Abstract
Generally, the complexity of concentrated solid solution alloys (CSAs) can effectively enhance their radiation tolerance. We studied the effect of helium (He) ion irradiation on body centered cubic (BCC) V, VCr, VCrFe and VCrFeMn alloys with the increase of complexity. The comparison shows the void swelling in terms of the size and density of bubbles in V, VCrFe and VCrFeMn decreases with the increase of the complexity after the same He ion irradiation. However, binary VCr alloy has the smallest void swelling although it has only two types of elements, that is less complexity, which is significantly different from VCrFe and VCrFeMn subjected to the same He ion irradiation. Meanwhile, the irradiated VCr lattice exhibits almost no shrinkage. First-principles calculations reveal that the high vacancy formation energy (VFE) of VCr could prevent He-vacancy clusters from absorbing vacancies to grow. The results suggest that the VFE could play a more important role in enhancing the radiation tolerance under He ion irradiation in addition to the compositional complexity.
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