Radiation Damage of Reactor Pressure Vessel Steels Studied by Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy—A Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental
3. Results and Discussion
4. Discussion and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Specimen | German PWR Generation | C [%] | Si [%] | Mn [%] | P [%] | S [%] | Cr [%] | Mo [%] | Ni [%] | Cu [%] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P370 WM | 1 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 1.14 | 0.015 | 0.013 | 0.74 | 0.60 | 1.11 | 0.22 |
Hydrogen Implantation | Implanted Dose [C/cm2] | Number of Implanted Ions [cm−2] | Dose in Implanted Region [dpa] |
---|---|---|---|
1. Level | 0.10 | 6.24 × 1017 | 0.5 |
2. Level | 0.82 | 5.12 × 1018 | 4 |
3. Level | 3.20 | 2.21 × 1019 | 15 |
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Slugeň, V.; Sojak, S.; Egger, W.; Krsjak, V.; Simeg Veternikova, J.; Petriska, M. Radiation Damage of Reactor Pressure Vessel Steels Studied by Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy—A Review. Metals 2020, 10, 1378. https://doi.org/10.3390/met10101378
Slugeň V, Sojak S, Egger W, Krsjak V, Simeg Veternikova J, Petriska M. Radiation Damage of Reactor Pressure Vessel Steels Studied by Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy—A Review. Metals. 2020; 10(10):1378. https://doi.org/10.3390/met10101378
Chicago/Turabian StyleSlugeň, Vladimír, Stanislav Sojak, Werner Egger, Vladimir Krsjak, Jana Simeg Veternikova, and Martin Petriska. 2020. "Radiation Damage of Reactor Pressure Vessel Steels Studied by Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy—A Review" Metals 10, no. 10: 1378. https://doi.org/10.3390/met10101378