Laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing of oxide dispersion strengthened steel using gas atomized reaction synthesis powder
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Publications and source records attributed to Schoell, Ryan.
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Here in this study, the creep mechanisms at play in Alloy 709 (Fe-20Cr-25Ni) are investigated by performing short-term creep-type tests under in-situ neutron diffraction experiments. Short tests are performed in the temperature range of 500 to 900 °C under constant load with a load ranging from 50 to 150 MPa. The creep exponent and activation energy are determined using the Bird-Mukherjee-Dorn relation and compared to that obtained from conventional longer creep tests from the literature. Scanning transmission electron microscopy (S/TEM) of the post-creep microstructure indicates that interaction of dislocations with precipitates are a dominant mechanism at play. Furthermore, local elemental mapping indicated chemical segregation at grain boundaries and formation of complex precipitates.
Grain growth studies of nanograined metals under both thermal and ion irradiation conditions has been studied extensively. Oxides, on the other hand, have not been studied as extensively, especially under irradiation. Some studies have focused on nanograined oxide grain growth on ZnO under thermal conditions only and on SnO 2 and CeO 2 using 250 keV Ar 2+ and 3 MeV Au + ions at 300 K, respectively. There does not appear to be any studies on grain growth of nanosized oxides which are commonly found to form under light water reactor conditions. Oxides such as magnetite (Fe 3 O 4 ), hematite (α-Fe 2 O 3 ), maghemite (γ-Fe 2 O 3 ), and wustite (FeO) are examples of common oxides which have not been studied. Here, this study focused on the grain growth of nanograined Fe 3 O 4 under both thermal and ion irradiation conditions in situ inside a Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) to better understand the kinetics of grain growth of oxides.
The corrosion behavior of oxide films grown on Type 316L stainless steel (SS) in molten FLiNaK (LiF-NaF-KF: 46.5−11.5−42 mol.%) salt was investigated. The results show that the oxide film formed on Type 316L SS is unstable and can only temporarily protect materials from corrosion in molten FLiNaK salt. Based on the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, the oxide dissolution rate is calculated to be 0.85 nm/h at 700 °C in molten FLiNaK salt. Finally, after the oxide film dissolved, Cr and Fe are selective dealloyed from the steel, leading to intergranular corrosion of Type 316L SS in molten fluoride salt.