Tensile and impact properties of F82H steel applied to HIP-bond fusion blanket structures

Furuya, Kazuyuki; Wakai, Eiichi; Ando, Masami; Sawai, Tomotsugu; Iwabuchi, Akira*; Nakamura, Kazuyuki; Takeuchi, Hiroshi

Fusion Engineering and Design, 69(1-4), p.385 - 389, 2003/09

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0920-3796(03)00079-6

In a fusion reactor, a blanket made of a low activation material like F82H is fabricated by solid Hot Isostatic pressing (HIP) joining method. In a previous study, blanket, grain coarsenings were found in a mock-up around HIP-joined region. To verify an effect of the coarsenings on a strength of the HIP-joined region, tensile test and hardness measurement were done. As the results, the tensile strength increased by about 50 MPa, and the elongation decreased by about 4 % in comparison with that of a standard alloy. Though the hardness was almost constant both in the coarsening and a non-coarsening regions, both of these hardness increased by about 5 %. Therefore, it could be judged that change of the tensile property is due to increase of the hardness. On the other hand, tensile and impact tests of a base metal without coarsening resulted in DBTT increase by about 40 K, although the tensile property was nearly equal to that of the joined-region with coarsening. It can be understood that this is the effect of the heat treatments in the fabrication process of the mock-up.