Effects of neutron-irradiation-induced intergranular phosphorus segregation and hardening on embrittlement in reactor pressure vessel steels

Acta Materialia

Volumn 56, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 4510-4521

  Nishiyama, Y ^a   Onizawa, K ^a   Suzuki, M ^a   Anderegg, J W ^b   Nagai, Y ^c   Toyama, T ^c   Hasegawa, M ^c,d   Kameda, J ^e,f  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Grain boundary segregation; Hardening; Irradiation embrittlement; Precipitate; Reactor pressure vessel steels

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; BOILERS; CAISSONS; COPPER; COPPER ALLOYS; FRACTURE FIXATION; HARDENING; IRRADIATION; NEUTRONS; NONMETALS; PHOSPHORUS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRONS; PRESSURE VESSELS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

DUCTILE-TO-BRITTLE-TRANSITION-TEMPERATURE; ELECTRODE ATOM PROBE; GRAIN-BOUNDARY SEGREGATION; INTER-GRANULAR FRACTURE; INTERGRANULAR; IRRADIATION EMBRITTLEMENT; NEUTRON FLUENCE; PHOSPHORUS SEGREGATION; PRECIPITATE; REACTOR PRESSURE VESSEL STEELS;

NEUTRON IRRADIATION;

EID: 50149110585     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2008.05.026     Document Type: Article

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