Atom probe tomography characterization of neutron irradiated surveillance samples from the R. E. Ginna reactor pressure vessel
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Abstract Surveillance samples of a low copper (nominally 0.05 wt.% Cu) forging and a higher copper (0.23 wt.% Cu) submerged arc weld from the R. E. Ginna reactor pressure vessel have been characterized by atom probe tomography (APT) after exposure to three levels of neutron irradiation, i.e., fluences of 1.7, 3.6 and 5.8 × 1023 n.m−2 (E > 1 MeV), and inlet temperatures of ∼289 °C (∼552 °F). As no copper-enriched precipitates were observed in the low copper forging, and the measured copper content in the ferrite matrix was 0.04±
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OpenAlex topics: Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques · Fusion materials and technologies · Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals
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