Correlation between locally deformed structure and oxide film properties in austenitic stainless steel irradiated with neutrons

中性子照射したオーステナイト系ステンレス鋼における局所変形組織と酸化皮膜特性の相関

知見 康弘; 橘内 裕寿*; 笠原 茂樹; 茶谷 一宏*; 越石 正人*; 西山 裕孝 

Chimi, Yasuhiro; Kitsunai, Yuji*; Kasahara, Shigeki; Chatani, Kazuhiro*; Koshiishi, Masato*; Nishiyama, Yutaka

中性子照射したオーステナイト系ステンレス鋼の高温水中での照射誘起応力腐食割れ(IASCC)機構を理解するため、局所変形組織とその上に生成された酸化皮膜、及びそれらの相関について調べた。照射した316Lステンレス鋼から製作した引張試験片に室温または563Kで0.1%2%のひずみを与え、表面組織と結晶粒の局所方位差を評価した。ひずみ付与試験片を高温水中に浸漬し、局所変形領域上に生成された酸化皮膜のミクロ組織を観察した。表面ステップ組織は、中性子照射量及び付与ひずみ量に依存して変化した。粒界近傍での表面酸化皮膜は、中性子照射量及び粒界での局所的なひずみの増加に伴って厚くなる傾向が見られた。粒界や表面ステップに沿って優先的に酸化が進む様子は見られなかった。

To elucidate the mechanism of irradiation-assisted stress corrosion cracking (IASCC) in high-temperature water for neutron-irradiated austenitic stainless steels (SSs), the locally deformed structures, the oxide films formed on the deformed areas, and their correlation were investigated. Tensile specimens made of irradiated 316L SSs were strained 0.1%-2% at room temperature or at 563 K, and the surface structures and crystal misorientation among grains were evaluated. The strained specimens were immersed in high-temperature water, and the microstructures of the oxide films on the locally deformed areas were observed. The appearance of visible step structures on the specimens' surface depended on the neutron dose and the applied strain. The surface oxides were observed to be prone to increase in thickness around grain boundaries (GBs) with increasing neutron dose and increasing local strain at the GBs. No penetrative oxidation was observed along GBs or along surface steps.