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Nuclear Materials Fundamentals and Applications

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2024 | Viewed by 1106

Special Issue Editors

Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
Interests: molten salt reactor; nuclear graphite; irradiation effect; materials characterization
Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
Interests: irradiation damage; dislocations; He bubble; alloy; silicon carbide
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Ji Hua Laboratory, Foshan 528200, China
Interests: diamond-like carbon; nuclear graphite; theory and technology of tribology; surface/interface science and properties control in machinery

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue invites contributions focusing on advancements in materials of experimental, theoretical, and computational aspects for nuclear applications. The topics of the Special Issue include the materials of fuels, cladding, core structures, pressure vessels, moderator and control components for fission reactors, and the first walls, blankets, insulators, and magnets for fusion reactors. The Special Issue welcomes the subjects of the interaction of neutrons, plasmas, ion beams, electron beams and electromagnetic radiation with materials in nuclear systems. The neutron and charged particle radiation effects in materials, including defects, transmutations, microstructures, phase changes, and macroscopic properties, are also a major concern of this issue.

Dr. Zhoutong He
Dr. Min Liu
Dr. Wei Qi
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • nuclear materials
  • irradiation effects
  • moderator and control components for fission reactors
  • fuel elements
  • pressure vessels
  • first wall materials

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In Situ Characterization of 17-4PH Stainless Steel by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering
by Shibo Yan, Zijun Wang, Tianfu Li, Zhong Chen, Xiaoming Du, Yuntao Liu, Dongfeng Chen, Kai Sun, Rongdeng Liu, Bing Bai, Xinfu He, Kaitai Liu and Shuanzhu Wang
Materials 2023, 16(16), 5583; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16165583 - 11 Aug 2023
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17-4PH martensitic steel is usually used as valve stems in nuclear power plants and it suffers from thermal aging embrittlement due to long-time service in a high-temperature and high-pressure environment. Here, we characterized the evolution of microstructures at the nano-scale in 17-4PH steel [...] Read more.
17-4PH martensitic steel is usually used as valve stems in nuclear power plants and it suffers from thermal aging embrittlement due to long-time service in a high-temperature and high-pressure environment. Here, we characterized the evolution of microstructures at the nano-scale in 17-4PH steel by in situ small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) with a thermo-mechanically coupled loading device. The device could set different temperatures and tensile so that an in situ SANS experiment could dynamically characterize the process of nanoscale structural changes. The results showed that with increasing thermal aging time, the ε-Cu phase precipitates and grows as the temperature is 475 °C and 590 °C, and the ε-Cu phase is spherical at 475 °C but became elongated cylinders at 590 °C. Moreover, the loading stress could aid in the growth of the ε-Cu phase at 475 °C. Full article
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