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Mechanical property and irradiation damage of China Low Activation Martensitic (CLAM) steel

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China Low Activation Martensitic (CLAM) steel is being studied to develop the structural materials for a fusion reactor, which has been designed based on the well-known 9Cr1.5WVTa steel. The effect of tempering temperature on hardness and microstructure of CLAM steel was studied. The strength of CLAM steel increased by adding silicon, and the ductility remained constant. Conversely, while CLAM steel maintained good ductility with the addition of yttrium, its tensile strengths were greatly degraded. Behaviors under electron irradiation of CLAM steel were examined using the high voltage electron microscope. Electron irradiation at 450°C formed many voids in CLAM steel with basic composition, whereas CLAM with silicon steel did not change the microstructure significantly.

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  1. Department of Materials Physics and Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China

    YanYong Zhu, FaRong Wan, Jin Gao, WenTuo Han, YiNa Huang, ShaoNing Jiang, JianSheng Qiao, Fei Zhao & ShanWu Yang

  2. Central Iron and Steel Research Institute, Beijing, 100081, China

    YanYong Zhu

  3. Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA

    YiNa Huang

  4. China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, 102413, China

    JianSheng Qiao

  5. Department of Material Physics, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China

    Fei Zhao

  6. Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060, Japan

    Somei Ohnuki & Naoyuki Hashimoto

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Zhu, Y., Wan, F., Gao, J. et al. Mechanical property and irradiation damage of China Low Activation Martensitic (CLAM) steel. Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 55, 2057–2061 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-012-4865-8

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