The Stability of gamma prime phase in Ni-based ODS superalloy under heavy ion irradiation at high temperature

Konno, Azusa; Ono, Naoko*; Ukai, Shigeharu*; Kondo, Sosuke*; Hashitomi, Okinobu*; Kimura, Akihiko*

A newly developed Ni-based Oxide Dispersion Strengthened (ODS) superalloy as a candidate for the core structural materials in VHTR or GFR is studied to evaluate the stability of cuboidal-gamma prime phase under heavy irradiation in the presence of oxide particles. The ion irradiation was applied at 873K, 1073K, 1273K and the dose was 100 dpa. The gamma prime phase kept the cuboidal shape at 873K and got out of the shape at 1073K after irradiation, where these growths can be explained by the NHM model. For the result of 1273K irradiation, where huge gamma prime phase appeared in the whole irradiated area, changing Gibbs free energy by irradiation could induce the order-disorder transformation.