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Energy-filtered TEM Imaging and EELS Study of ODS Particles and Argon-Filled Cavities in Ferritic-Martensitic Steels

Energy-filtered TEM Imaging and EELS Study of ODS Particles and Argon-Filled Cavities in Ferritic-Martensitic Steels

M Klimiankou, R Lindau, A Möslang

Micron. 2005;36(1):1-8.

PMID: 15582472

Abstract:

Oxide-dispersion-strengthened (ODS) ferritic-martensitic steels with yttrium oxide (Y(2)O(3)) have been produced by mechanical alloying and hot isostatic pressing for use as advanced material in fusion power reactors. Argon gas, usually widely used as inert gas during mechanical alloying, was surprisingly detected in the nanodispersion-strengthened materials. Energy-filtered transmission electron microscopy (EFTEM) and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) led to the following results: (i) chemical composition of ODS particles, (ii) voids with typical diameters of 1-6 nm are formed in the matrix, (iii) these voids are filled with Ar gas, and (iv) the high-density nanosized ODS particles serve as trapping centers for the Ar bubbles. The Ar L(3,2) energy loss edge at 245 eV as well as the absorption features of the ODS particle elements were identified in the EELS spectrum. The energy resolution in the EEL spectrum of about 1.0 eV allows to identify the electronic structure of the ODS particles.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP1314369-A	Yttrium(III) oxide, dispersion		1314-36-9	Price

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