Effects of helium irradiation dose and temperature on the damage evolution of Ti3SiC2 ceramic

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/28/7/076104

Abstract

The effects of 400 keV helium ion irradiation dose and temperature on the microstructure of the Ti₃SiC₂ ceramic were systematically investigated by grazing incidence x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. The helium irradiation experiments were performed at both room temperature (RT) and 500 °C with a fluence up to 2.0×10¹⁷ He⁺/cm² that resulted in a maximum damage of 9.6 displacements per atom. Our results demonstrate that He irradiations produce a large number of nanometer defects in Ti₃SiC₂ lattice and then cause the dissociation of Ti₃SiC₂ to TiC nano-grains with the increasing He fluence. Irradiation induced cell volume swelling of Ti₃SiC₂ at RT is slightly higher than that at 500 °C, suggesting that Ti₃SiC₂ is more suitable for use in a high temperature environment. The temperature dependence of cell parameter evolution and the aggregation of He bubbles in Ti₃SiC₂ are different from those in Ti₃AlC₂. The formation of defects and He bubbles at the projected depth would induce the degradation of mechanical performance.

Keywords: MAX Ti₃SiC₂ helium irradiation He bubble

Received: 14 March 2019
Revised: 08 April 2019
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PACS:	61.05.-a	(Techniques for structure determination)
	61.05.J-	(Electron diffraction and scattering)
	61.80.Lj	(Atom and molecule irradiation effects)
	81.05.Je	(Ceramics and refractories (including borides, carbides, hydrides, nitrides, oxides, and silicides))

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Project supported by the President Foundation of the China Academy of Engineering Physics (Grant No. YZJJLX2018003) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21601168).

Corresponding Authors: Hua-Hai Shen, Hong-Xiang Deng
E-mail: huahaishen@caep.cn;denghx@uestc.edu.cn

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Hua-Hai Shen(申华海), Xia Xiang(向霞), Hai-Bin Zhang(张海斌), Xiao-Song Zhou(周晓松), Hong-Xiang Deng(邓洪祥), Xiao-Tao Zu(祖小涛) Effects of helium irradiation dose and temperature on the damage evolution of Ti₃SiC₂ ceramic 2019 Chin. Phys. B 28 076104

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