Nuclear Engineering and Technology

  • 제53권8호
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  • Pages.2582-2590
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  • 2021
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  • 1738-5733(pISSN)
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  • 2234-358X(eISSN)
한국원자력학회 (Korean Nuclear Society)
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Effect of mechanical alloying on the microstructural evolution of a ferritic ODS steel with (Y-Ti-Al-Zr) addition processed by Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS)

  • Macia, E. (Dpt. Materials Science and Engineering, IAAB, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M)) ;
  • Garcia-Junceda, A. (IMDEA Materials Institute) ;
  • Serrano, M. (Structural Materials Division, Technology Department, CIEMAT) ;
  • Hong, S.J. (Division of Advanced Material Engineering Kongju National Univerity) ;
  • Campos, M. (Dpt. Materials Science and Engineering, IAAB, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M))
  • 투고 : 2020.08.14
  • 심사 : 2021.02.01
  • 발행 : 2021.08.25
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The high-energy milling is one of the most extended techniques to produce Oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) powder steels for nuclear applications. The consequences of the high energy mill process on the final powders can be measured by means of deformation level, size, morphology and alloying degree. In this work, an ODS ferritic steel, Fe-14Cr-5Al-3W-0.4Ti-0.25Y2O3-0.6Zr, was fabricated using two different mechanical alloying (MA) conditions (Mstd and Mact) and subsequently consolidated by Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS). Milling conditions were set to evidence the effectivity of milling by changing the revolutions per minute (rpm) and dwell milling time. Differences on the particle size distribution as well as on the stored plastic deformation were observed, determining the consolidation ability of the material and the achieved microstructure. Since recrystallization depends on the plastic deformation degree, the composition of each particle and the promoted oxide dispersion, a dual grain size distribution was attained after SPS consolidation. Mact showed the highest areas of ultrafine regions when the material is consolidated at 1100 ℃. Microhardness and small punch tests were used to evaluate the material under room temperature and up to 500 ℃. The produced materials have attained remarkable mechanical properties under high temperature conditions.

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Authors want to acknowledge Ferro-Ness project and Ferro-Genesys project funded by MINECO under National I + D + I program MAT2016-80875-C3-3-R and MAT2013-47460-C5-5-P. The authors gratefully acknowledge the help received from Daniel Plaza Lopez during the Small-Punch tests.

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