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Fabrication of a Simple Materials System for Study of Hg in a Stainless Steel*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Charles W. Allen ,
Anthony W. Mccormick ,
Bernard J. Kestel ,
Peter M. Baldo ,
Nestor J. Zaluzec  and
Lynn E. Rehn
Charles W. Allen
Affiliation:
Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439
Anthony W. Mccormick
Affiliation:
Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439
Bernard J. Kestel
Affiliation:
Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439
Peter M. Baldo
Affiliation:
Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439
Nestor J. Zaluzec
Affiliation:
Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439
Lynn E. Rehn
Affiliation:
Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439
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Abstract

The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), currently under construction at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is expected to employ a Hg target encased in a stainless steel. Little is known about the metallurgical behavior of this materials engineering system, which will occur in a service environment involving elevated temperatures and intense radiation. Under normal equilibrium conditions, however, Hg is known to be insoluble in and non-reactive with solid Fe and Cr but to form one or more intermetallics with Ni. Hg has been implanted into alloy 304L. After implantations at 400 and 500 °C to a fluence of 3×1016 cm−2 sub-micron sized precipitates of Hg are formed, as judged, for example, from their solidification behavior on cooling during TEM observation. The formation of such a system of microtargets and possible studies employing them as in situ TEM specimens are discussed, which can provide useful empirical information in conjunction with SNS target development.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 540: Symposium N / Microstructural Processes in Irradiated Materials , 1998 , 561
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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Work supported by the U. S. Department of Energy, BES-Materials Sciences, under Contract W-31-109-Eng-38.

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