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Qin, T. Y.*; Hu, F. F.*; 徐 平光; Zhang, H.*; Zhou, L.*; Ao, N.*; Su, Y. H.; 菖蒲 敬久; Wu, S. C.*
International Journal of Fatigue, 185, p.108336_1 - 108336_13, 2024/08
Gradient distribution of triaxial residual stresses to a depth of several millimeters is retained in middle carbon steel S38C axles after high-frequency induction hardening, which has become a critical concern for fatigue structural integrity. To address this, the axial, hoop, and radial gradient residual strains inside the axles were measured for the first time by advanced neutron diffraction. The SIGINI Fortran subroutine was then adopted to reconstruct the global initial residual stress field from the measured data. Experimental and simulation results show that residual stresses of about -520 MPa (axial), -710 MPa (hoop), and -40 MPa (radial) residual stress were retained below the axle surface. Subsequently, the fatigue crack propagation behavior of S38C axles was numerically investigated in the framework of fracture mechanics. The calculated results clearly show that the compressive residual stresses at a depth of 0?3 mm from the axle surface lead to a low crack growth driving force, and that fatigue cracks do not propagate as long as the crack depth is less than 3.7 mm for hollow S38C axles. These results further indicate that the maximum defect size allowed in routine inspections is acceptable from a safety and economic point of view. Accurate measurement and characterization of the global gradient residual stress field through experiments and simulations can provide an important reference for optimizing the mileage intervals of nondestructive testing (NDT) of surface defects in these surface-strengthened railway axles.
He, X.*; 鍵 裕之*; 小松 一生*; 飯塚 理子*; 岡島 元*; 服部 高典; 佐野 亜沙美; 町田 真一*; 阿部 淳*; 後藤 弘匡*; et al.
Journal of Molecular Structure, 1310, p.138271_1 - 138271_8, 2024/08
重水素化ヒドロキシフルオロマグネシウム[理想組成はMg(OD)F]のO-D
F水素結合の高圧応答を中性子粉末回折とラマン分光法を用いて調べた。常温でのリートベルト解析の結果、化学組成はMg(OD)
F
であり、結晶構造中で水酸基/フッ素(OD/F)が無秩序化して、2つの水素結合配置が生じていることが分かった。構造解析の結果、水素結合配置は9.8GPaまで維持され、圧力による水素結合の強化は見られなかった。常圧でのラマンスペクトルでは、2613, 2694, 2718cm
に3つの水酸基伸縮バンドが観測された。O-D伸縮モードの周波数が高いことから、ヒドロキシル基は弱い水素結合相互作用、あるいは水素結合を持たないことが示唆された。20.2GPaまでは、2694cmを中心とするモードは圧力によってブルーシフトを示し、水素結合は圧縮されても強化されないことが明らかになった。これは、中性子回折の結果と一致した。水素結合の存否と、常圧および高圧での水酸基のブルーシフトの原因について議論した。
Guerinoni, E.*; Giusti, F.*; Dourdain, S.*; Dufr
che, J.-F.*; 元川 竜平; 上田 祐生; 青柳 登; Zemb, T.*; Pellet-Rostaing, S.*
Journal of Molecular Liquids, 403, p.124820_1 - 124820_11, 2024/06
In uranium production, liquid-liquid extraction using the AMEX (AMine EXtraction) process employs tertiary amines solubilized in an aliphatic diluent. Practical constraints as phase stability problems and co-extraction of competitive elements highlight the need for in-depth investigation and optimization. Modifying gradually the alkyl chain structure of tertiary amines, we investigate here the large variation in extraction performance in terms of Gibbs free energy of transfer using the ienaic decomposition taking into account long range interactions. We show hereby that structuration of the solvent phase can change uranium distribution by 2 orders of magnitude, which is incompatible with standard complexation theory of liquid-liquid extraction. We observe that co-extracted water is required to obtain extraction while extraction is quenched and no pair core can be formed when less than four as effective aggregation number. We conclude that the film term in the ienaic decomposition of the Gibbs energy of transfer, is the one that governs extraction performance. It shows that metal transfer is beyond complexation, and that organization of the solvent phase must be considered to quantitatively interpret the distribution coefficients.
森 悠一郎*; 鍵 裕之*; 青木 勝敏*; 高野 将大*; 柿澤 翔*; 佐野 亜沙美; 舟越 賢一*
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 634, p.118673_1 - 118673_8, 2024/05
水素による鉄の体積膨張に対するケイ素の効果を調べるため、高圧高温下でのhcp-Fe
Si
の中性子回折実験とX線回折実験を行った。中性子回折実験は重水素化hcp-FeSiに対して13.5GPa, 900K及び12.1GPa, 300Kで行い、得られたプロファイルからリートベルト解析を用いて水素占有率を決定した。hcp-Fe-SiのP-V-T状態方程式を組み合わせることにより、hcp-FeSiの水素による体積膨張が純粋なhcp鉄の体積膨張よりも10%大きいことを示した。得られた値を用いて、内核の密度欠損を再現できる水素量を見積もったところ、シリコンの影響がない場合に比べて50%減少した。hcp-FeSiで内核の密度欠損を再現した場合、内核と外核で可能な水素量xはそれぞれ0.07と0.12-0.15と計算された。
Fang, W.*; Liu, C.*; Zhang, J.*; 徐 平光; Peng, T.*; Liu, B.*; 諸岡 聡; Yin, F.*
Scripta Materialia, p.116046_1 - 116046_6, 2024/05
The influence of interstitial carbon on the texture evolution of high-entropy alloys during cold rolling was investigated. To prevent carbide formation, elements with weak carbon affinity were carefully selected in the (FeMnCoNi)
C
alloy. Neutron diffraction, electron channeling contrast imaging, and electron backscatter diffraction were used to analyze the texture and microstructure evolution in alloys with and without carbon addition. Though their texture components are similar at the early stage of deformation, the Brass and Goss textures in the carbon-containing alloy at 50% cold rolling reduction are obviously higher than those in the carbon-free alloy, while Copper and S textures are lower. A large number of deformation twins induced in the carbon containing alloy is attributed as the significant reason for the texture differences. This work helps to understand the impact of interstitial carbon on the texture evolution of high-entropy alloys, providing valuable insights for microstructure and performance optimization.
中山 梓介; 岩本 修; 木村 敦
EPJ Web of Conferences, 294, p.07001_1 - 07001_6, 2024/04
溶融塩炉などの革新型原子炉の減速材として黒鉛の利用が考えられている。減速材による熱中性子の散乱は炉心設計に大きな影響を与える。革新型原子炉の開発に貢献するため、原子炉級黒鉛の熱中性子散乱則の評価を行った。格子振動に起因する非弾性散乱成分は、第一原理シミュレーションから求めたフォノン状態密度に基づいて評価した。シミュレーションは理想的な結晶黒鉛に対して行った。結晶構造に起因する干渉性弾性散乱成分は、J-PARC/MLF施設で実施された中性子透過実験および散乱実験に基づいて評価した。中性子透過実験との比較においては、空孔などの結晶よりも大きな構造に起因する中性子小角散乱の定量が重要であることがわかった。以上の方法に基づいて、原子炉級黒鉛の熱中性子散乱則データを評価した。
U and 
ThFilipescu, D.*; Gheorghe, I.*; Goriely, S.*; 西尾 勝久; 宇都宮 弘章*; 洲嵜 ふみ; 廣瀬 健太郎; 他10名*
Physical Review C, 109(4), p.044602_1 - 044602_23, 2024/04
New measurements of photofission and photoneutron reactions on U and Th in the Giant Dipole Resonance (GDR) energy region have been performed at the laser Compton-scattering 
-ray source of the NewSUBARU synchrotron radiation facility. The photoneutron (
) with 
= 1-3 and photofission (
) reactions have been discriminated by considering a Gaussian distribution of prompt-fission-neutron (PFN) multiplicities predicted by the theory of evaporation in sequential neutron emission from excited fission fragments. We report experimental (
), (
), (
) and () cross sections, average energies of PFNs and of(, 
) photoneutrons, as well as the mean number of PFNs per fission and the width of the PFNs multiplicity distribution. Based on these primary experimental results and combined with reasonable assumptions, we extract also the first- and second-chance fission contributions.
-MgAgSbLi, J.*; Li, X.*; Zhang, Y.*; Zhu, J.*; Zhao, E.*; 古府 麻衣子; 中島 健次; Avdeev, M.*; Liu, P.-F.*; Sui, J.*; et al.
Applied Physics Reviews (Internet), 11(1), p.011406_1 - 011406_8, 2024/03
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.01(Physics, Applied)The desire for intrinsically low lattice thermal conductivity (
) in thermoelectrics motivates numerous efforts on understanding the microscopic mechanisms of heat transport in solids. Here, based on theoretical calculations, we demonstrate that -MgAgSb hosts low-energy localized phonon bands and avoided crossing of the rattler modes, which coincides with the inelastic neutron scattering result. Using the two-channel lattice dynamical approach, we find, besides the conventional contribution (
70% at 300 K) from particlelike phonons propagating, the coherence contribution dominated by the wavelike tunneling of phonons accounts for 30% of total at 300 K. By considering dual contributions, our calculated room-temperature of 0.64 WmK well agrees with the experimental value of 0.63 WmK. More importantly, our computations give a nonstandard 
dependence, perfectly explaining the abnormal temperature-trend of 
in experiment for -MgAgSb. By molecular dynamics simulation, we reveal that the structure simultaneously has soft crystalline sublattices with the metavalent bonding and fluctuating liquid-like sublattices with thermally induced large amplitude vibrations. These diverse forms of chemical bonding arouse mixed part-crystal part-liquid state, scatter strongly heat-carrying phonons, and finally produce extremely low . The fundamental research from this study will accelerate the design of ultralow- materials for energy-conversion applications.
He spin filter and small-angle X-ray scattering領木 研之*; 渡部 史*; 奥平 琢也*; 高橋 慎吾*; 奥 隆之; 廣井 孝介; 元川 竜平; 中村 洋*
Journal of Chemical Physics, 160(11), p.114907_1 - 114907_9, 2024/03
被引用回数：0Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) measurements were performed for deuterated and non-deuterated poly(ethylene glycol) (d-PEG and h-PEG, respectively) in D
O and a DO/HO mixed solvent (Mix) to compere the scattering profiles. To determine the coherent scattering intensity of SANS, a He spin filter was utilized. The scattering profiles determined by SANS measurements were analyzed in terms of the wormlike chain model with touched beads along the contour of the chain. However, the SAXS profiles were not explained by the same model with uniform beads but with beads each consisting of a core and a shell having different electron densities. To explore the chain thickness determined form the SANS profile, scattering intensities for different combinations of d-PEG/DO, d-PEG/Mix, h-PEG/DO, and h-PEG/Mix were also examined.
石田 武和*; Vu, TheDang*; 宍戸 寛明*; 相澤 一也; 奥 隆之; 及川 健一; 原田 正英; 小嶋 健児*; 宮嶋 茂之*; 小山 富男*; et al.
Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 214(3-4), p.152 - 157, 2024/02
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.01(Physics, Applied)We built a new cryostat to apply a current-biased kinetic inductance detector (CB-KID) for conducting neutron transmission imaging of room temperature samples under pulsed neutrons. A Wood's metal alloy of melting temperature 75.2
C was placed at room temperature to inspect the measurement system at J-PARC. Since one of the four phases of Wood's metal is a fine Cd-rich needle phase (width 25 
m and length 5 mm), it is suitable for observing fine mosaic structure selectively by neutron imaging. The spatial resolution of the CB-KID imager was estimated as 10 m by using a Gd Siemens-star pattern. The CB-KID system is useful to conduct transmission imaging for various materials rather easily at room temperature.
篠原 佑也*; 岩下 拓哉*; 中西 真大*; Osti, N. C.*; 古府 麻衣子; 楡井 真実; Dmowski, W.*; 江上 毅*
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 128(6), p.1544 - 1549, 2024/02
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.01(Chemistry, Physical)Improving the proton transport in polymer electrolytes impacts the performance of next-generation solid-state batteries. However, little is known about proton conductivity in nonaqueous systems due to the lack of an appropriate level of fundamental understanding. Here, we studied the proton transport in small molecules with dynamic hydrogen bonding, 1,2,3-triazole, as a model system of proton hopping in a nonaqueous environment using incoherent quasi-elastic neutron scattering. By using the jump-diffusion model, we identified the elementary jump-diffusion motion of protons at a much shorter length scale than those by nuclear magnetic resonance and impedance spectroscopy for the estimated long-range diffusion. In addition, a spatially restricted diffusive motion was observed, indicating that proton motion in 1,2,3-triazole is complex with various local correlated dynamics. These correlated dynamics will be important in elucidating the nature of the proton dynamics in nonaqueous systems.
向井 智久*; 菖蒲 敬久
建築防災, (553), p.6 - 10, 2024/02
あと施工アンカーの品質確保に資するための中性子線を活用した実験研究の現状について紹介する。本誌では主に、JRR-3の装置を利用したイメージングと応力評価について触れる。
服部 高典; 鈴木 浩二*; 三代 達也*; 伊藤 崇芳*; 町田 真一*
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 1059, p.168956_1 - 168956_9, 2024/02
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.02(Instruments & Instrumentation)見込み幅0.5mmのラジアルコリメータを高圧中性子回折実験用に特別に設計し、その性能と有効性を調べた。0.75mm, 1.5mm, 3.0mmのラジアルコリメータはそれぞれ0.50mm, 1.07mm, 2.78mmのみこみ幅を示した。3つのラジアルコリメータの透過率はすべて同等であった。Paris-Edinburgh(PE)プレスとdiamond anvil cell (DAC)を使用した評価では、見込み幅0.5mmラジアルコリメータを使用した場合、アンビル散乱はかなり減少し、サンプル/アンビル信号比はPEプレスとDACでそれぞれ0.5と2.0に達した。これらの結果は、見込み幅0.5mmラジアルコリメータが意図したとおりに製作され、高圧中性子回折実験(特に30GPaを超える実験)に有効であることを示している。今回作成されたラジアルコリメータの見込み幅は、これまで世界の中性子散乱実験用に製作されたものの中で、最も小さい見込み幅を持つものである。
直江 崇; 涌井 隆; 木下 秀孝; 粉川 広行; 勅使河原 誠; 羽賀 勝洋
JAEA-Technology 2023-022, 81 Pages, 2024/01
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大強度陽子加速器研究施設(Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex, J-PARC)の物質・生命科学実験施設に設置されている核破砕パルス中性子源水銀ターゲットでは、高エネルギーのパルス陽子ビーム入射時に、核破砕反応による中性子の発生と同時に水銀の急激な熱膨張によって、圧力波が発生する。この圧力波は、水銀中を伝ぱする過程で負圧によるキャビテーションを誘発する。水銀を充填するステンレス鋼製の水銀ターゲット容器の内壁近傍でキャビテーションが崩壊することによって、内壁表面には激しい壊食損傷が形成される。水銀ターゲット容器は、陽子ビームが入射することによって先端部分の内部発熱に起因する熱応力を低減するために、先端部を厚さ3mmの薄肉構造としている。陽子ビーム強度の増加に伴って、キャビテーションによる攻撃性は増加するため、壊食損傷がターゲット容器の疲労破壊や水銀の漏洩につながる。したがって、設計出力である1MWでの長期的な安定運転を実現するために損傷の低減化が求められている。キャビテーションによる容器壁面の壊食損傷を低減することを目的として、圧力波を低減するための水銀中への微小気泡注入や、ターゲット容器先端部の2重壁構造化などの対策を施している。損傷低減化策の効果の確認や、ビーム出力と壊食痕による損傷深さの相関を評価し、今後の運転条件を検討するために、使用済みのターゲット容器の先端部から試験片を切出し、損傷の観察を実施している。これまでに、内壁に形成されたキャビテーションによる損傷形態の観察と壊食痕による損傷の深さを測定することで、運転条件との相関について検討を実施し、気泡注入によって著しい損傷低減効果が発現されること、2重壁構造によって、先端部分の損傷形成がビーム出力に依存せず抑制できることを確認した。これらの成果によって、施設の設計目標である1MWの安定運転を実施可能な見通しを得た。本報では、これまでに開発、適用した実機水銀ターゲット容器内壁の損傷観察の手法、測定結果及び運転条件との相関についてこれまでに得られた成果をまとめる。
池田 一貴*; 佐次田 頌*; 大友 季哉*; 大下 英敏*; 本田 孝志*; 羽合 孝文*; 齋藤 開*; 伊藤 晋一*; 横尾 哲也*; 榊 浩司*; et al.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 51(Part A), p.79 - 87, 2024/01
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.01(Chemistry, Physical)Low-vanadium-concentration alloys have low durability, and their hydrogen absorption and desorption amounts decrease by 20% after 100 cycles. In this study, we conducted reverse Monte Carlo modeling on X-ray diffraction patterns and neutron pair distribution functions of the hydrogen-absorbed and desorbed samples of a V
Ti
Cr
alloy to analyze the variations in the local structure. The local structure surrounding the hydrogen atom in the hydrogen-absorbed phase exhibited minimal changes. In contrast, hydrogen occupied both tetrahedral and octahedral sites of the hydrogen-desorbed phase almost equally during the early cycles; however, the amount of hydrogen occupying the tetrahedral sites increased with the number of cycles.
古府 麻衣子; 河村 聖子; 村井 直樹; 石井 梨恵子*; 平井 大悟郎*; 有馬 寛*; 舟越 賢一*
Physical Review Research (Internet), 6(1), p.013006_1 - 013006_9, 2024/01
We revisited spin dynamics in archetypical classical spin glass systems, such as Cu
Mn
(
, 0.034, and 0.067) dilute alloys and iron aluminosilicate glass using a modern neutron scattering spectrometer with high neutron flux. The former is crystalline, and the latter is amorphous, where their spin glass state is well separated from magnetically ordered phases. Bose-scaled localized magnetic excitations were observed in both compounds below the spin-freezing temperature (
). The spectrum exhibits a maximum at low energy and a broad tail on the high-energy side. The excitation energy tends to be higher for the material with a higher . Above the , the spectrum considerably changes with temperature, thereby indicating the emergence of the magnetic relaxation process. The magnetic excitation in the spin glass state has much in common with the boson peak in structural glasses. We consider that the Bose-scaled broad excitation peak is an elementary excitation inherent in disordered systems.
徐 平光; Zhang, S.-Y.*; Harjo, S.; Vogel, S. C.*; 友田 陽*
Quantum Beam Science (Internet), 8(1), p.7_1 - 7_13, 2024/01
Comprehensive information about the 
microstructure and crystal structure evolution during the preparation/production processes of various materials is in great demand in order to precisely control the microstructure morphology and the preferred orientation characteristics for the excellent strength-ductility-toughness balance of advanced engineering materials. 
isothermal annealing experiments of cold rolled 17Ni-0.2C (mass %) martensitic steel sheets were carried out by using the TAKUMI and ENGIN-X time-of-flight neutron diffractometers, respectively. The inverse pole figures based on full-profile refinement were extracted to roughly evaluate the preferred orientation features along three principal sample directions of investigated steel sheets using the General Structure Analysis System (GSAS) software with built-in generalized spherical harmonic functions. The consistent rolling direction (RD) inverse pole figures from TAKUMI and ENGIN-X have confirmed that the time-of-flight neutron diffraction has high repeatability and statistical reliability, revealing that the principal preferred orientation evaluation of steel materials is available through 90 TD 
ND (transverse direction normal direction) rotation of the investigated specimen on the sample stage during two neutron diffraction experiments. Moreover, these RD, TD and ND inverse pole figures before and after in situ experiments were compared with the corresponding inverse pole figures recalculated respectively from the MUSASI-L complete pole figure measurement and the HIPPO in situ microstructure evaluation. The similar orientation distribution characteristics suggested that the principal preferred orientation evaluation method can be applied to in situ microstructure evolution of bulk orthorhombic materials and spatially resolved principal preferred orientation mappings of large engineering structure parts.
Liss, K.-D.*; Han, J.-K.*; Blankenburg, M.*; Lienert, U.*; Harjo, S.; 川崎 卓郎; 徐 平光; 行武 栄太郎*; Kawasaki, M.*
Journal of Materials Science, 23 Pages, 2024/00
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)The magnesium alloy AZ31, which has undergone high-pressure torsion processing, was subjected to in situ annealing micro-beam synchrotron high-energy X-ray diffraction and compared to the as-received rolled sheet material that was investigated through in situ neutron diffraction. While the latter only exhibits thermal expansion and minor recovery, the nanostructured specimen displays a complex evolution, including recovery, strong recrystallization, phase transformations, and various regimes of grain growth. Nanometer-scale grain sizes, determined using Williamson-Hall analysis, exhibit seamless growth, aligning with the transition to larger grains, as assessed through the occupancy of single grain reflections on the diffraction rings. The study uncovers strain anomalies resulting from thermal expansion, segregation of Al atoms, and the kinetics of vacancy creation and annihilation. Notably, a substantial number of excess vacancies were generated through high-pressure torsion, and maintained for driving the recrystallization and forming highly activated volumes for diffusion and phase precipitation during heating. The unsystematic scatter observed in the Williamson-Hall plot indicates high dislocation densities following severe plastic deformation, which significantly decreases during recrystallization. Subsequently, dislocations reappear during grain growth, likely in response to torque gradients in larger grains. It is worth noting that the characteristics of unsystematic scatter differ for dislocations created at high and low temperatures, underscoring the strong temperature dependence of slip system activation.
Re in the keV energy region片渕 竜也*; 佐藤 八起*; 武部 花凛*; 井頭 政之*; 梅澤 征悟*; 藤岡 諒*; 齋藤 辰宏*; 岩本 信之
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 6 Pages, 2024/00
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.08(Nuclear Science & Technology)Measurements of the neutron capture cross section of Re have been limited in the keV energy region. In addition, existing measured data have discrepancies. In this study, the neutron time-of-flight method was employed to measure the capture cross section of Re at Tokyo Institute of Technology. The capture -rays were detected with a large volume NaI(Tl) detector. The pulse-height weighting technique was applied to obtain the capture yield. The present results were corrected for neutron scattered effects and impurities in the sample. The measured cross sections were determined with the standard capture cross section of gold in the energy range from 15 to 90 keV, and compared with measured and evaluated data. The results of the measurement provided improved accuracy relative to previous studies in the keV energy range.
熊田 高之; 岩原 大輔*; 西辻 祥太郎*; 阿久津 和宏*; 三浦 大輔; 元川 竜平; 杉田 剛; 鳥飼 直也*; 網野 直也*; 奥 隆之; et al.
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 6 Pages, 2024/00
スピンコントラスト変調中性子反射率法を用いて自動車用ゴムタイヤに用いるブタジエンゴムがシランカップリング剤を通じてシリカ表面とどのように結合しているかを調べた。ブタジエンゴムとシランカップリング剤をシリコン基板にコートした後アニールした試料では、シリコン基板表面にシランカップリング剤とポリブタジエンが7:3の比で絡みあった膜が形成されるのに対し、シランカップリング剤をあらかじめコートした後にポリブタジエンをコートした試料では両者の絡み合いが足りないために容易に剥離してしまうことを突き止めた。
