セラミックス材料の超塑性変形に及ぼすイオン照射の影響

Ion irradiation effect on superplastic deformation behavior of ceramic material

柴田 大受 ; 石原 正博 ; 本橋 嘉信*; 馬場 信一; 星屋 泰二; 佐久間 隆昭*

Shibata, Taiju; Ishihara, Masahiro; Motohashi, Yoshinobu*; Baba, Shinichi; Hoshiya, Taiji; Sakuma, Takaaki*

超塑性セラミックス材料は、その優れた機械的特性や熱的特性の観点から原子力分野での応用が期待されている。本研究では、典型的な超塑性セラミックス材料である3Y-TZP(3mol%イットリア含有正方晶ジルコニア多結晶体)について、その超塑性変形特性に及ぼすZrイオンの照射効果について調べた。実験では、TANDEM加速器で+11価,130MeVのZrイオンを3Y-TZP試験片に3.510及び2.110ions/mまで照射し、照射後の試験片を用いて高温での3点曲げ試験を行った。その結果、室温から1473Kまでの温度範囲では曲げ試験では有意な照射効果は見られなかったが、16231773Kの超塑性変形試験では、照射量の増加に伴い超塑性変形の活性化エネルギーの増加が見られた。

Applications of superplastic ceramics to nuclear energy fields are very promising because of their superior mechanical and thermal properties. In this study, Zr ion irradiation effects on superplastic deformation behavior of a typical superplastic ceramic, 3mol% yttria containing tetragonal zirconia polycrystals (3Y-TZP), were studied. Zr ions with 130MeV were irradiated on the 3Y-TZP specimens by TANDEM accelerator at fluence levels of 3.5x10 and 2.1x10ions/m. Their mechanical properties were examined by three-point bending test at elevated temperatures after the irradiation. As a result, at the temperature range from the room temperature to 1473K, any obvious irradiation effects were not found by the bending test. On the other hand, at the range from 1623K to 1773K, it was found that the superplastic deformation behavior was changed by the Zr ion irradiation. The activation energy of superplastic deformation was increased with increasing the irradiation fluence.