Lanthana-Bearing Nanostructured Ferritic Steels via Spark Plasma Sintering
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Article
Publication Date
3-2016
Abstract
A lanthana-containing nanostructured ferritic steel (NFS) was processed via mechanical alloying (MA) of Fe-14Cr-1Ti-0.3Mo-0.5La2O3 (wt.%) and consolidated via spark plasma sintering (SPS). In order to study the consolidation behavior via SPS, sintering temperature and dwell time were correlated with microstructure, density, microhardness and shear yield strength of the sintered specimens. A bimodal grain size distribution including both micron-sized and nano-sized grains was observed in the microstructure of specimens sintered at 850, 950 and 1050 ˚C for 45 min. Significant densification occurred at temperatures greater than 950 ˚C with a relative density higher than 98%. A variety of nanoparticles, some enriched in Fe and Cr oxides and copious nanoparticles smaller than 10 nm with faceted morphology and enriched in La and Ti oxides were observed. After SPS at 950 ˚C, the number density of Cr-Ti-La-O-enriched nanoclusters with an average radius of 1.5 nm was estimated to be 1.2 × 1024m-3. The La + Ti:O ration was close to 1 after SPS at 950 and 1050 ˚C; however, the number density of nanoclusters decreased at 1050 ˚C. With SPS above 950 ˚C, the density improved but the microhardness and shear yield strength decreased due to partial coarsening of the grains and nanoparticles.
Publication Information
Wu, Yaqiao; Burns, Jatuporn; Allahar, Kerry N.; and Butt, Darryl P. (2016). "Lanthana-Bearing Nanostructured Ferritic Steels via Spark Plasma Sintering". Journal of Nuclear Materials, 470, 297-306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2015.12.035
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