The effect of chemical ordering and coherent nanoprecipitates on bubble evolution in binary-phase vanadium alloys after He ion irradiation

doi:10.1016/j.jmst.2024.05.074

Abstract

Abstract: This study reports the response of helium (He) ion irradiation on binary-phase structured alloy V34 Ti25 Cr10 Ni30 Pd1. The alloy consists of a VCr matrix with nano-sized TiNi precipitates and a B2 TiNi matrix with nano-sized VCr precipitates. VCr is chemical-disordered and TiNi has a B2-ordered structure. The alloy was subjected to 400 keV He ion irradiation with a fluence of 1 × 1017 ions c m^-2 at 450 ℃. The results show He bubbles within the chemical-disordered VCr matrix exhibit a near-spherical shape with a smaller size and higher density compared to that in chemical-ordered TiNi phase with a larger size, lower density, and faceted shape. This indicates the chemical-disordered VCr phase effectively suppresses He accumulation compared to the B2-ordered TiNi phase, emphasizing the dominance of chemical struc-tures in He bubble formation. The calculation of density functional theory (DFT) shows that Ti and Ni have lower vacancy formation energy than that of V and Cr, respectively, which results in the increased vacancy production in TiNi. Consequently, He bubbles in TiNi have a larger bubble size consistent with experimental observations of radiation-induced Ni segregation. These findings elucidate the roles of or-dered and disordered chemical structures in He bubble evolution, offering insights for the development of gas ion irradiation-resistant materials.

Key words: Multicomponent alloy, He bubble, Disordered chemical structures, Nanoprecipitates

Xing Liu, Liyu Hao, Shangkun Shen, Shiwei Wang, Jian Zhang, Kunjie Yang, Tongde Shen, Jin Li, Zefeng Wu, Engang Fu. The effect of chemical ordering and coherent nanoprecipitates on bubble evolution in binary-phase vanadium alloys after He ion irradiation[J]. J. Mater. Sci. Technol., 2025, 212: 312-320.

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