Effect of grain boundary direction on blistering in deuterium-exposed tungsten materials: Parallel grain boundary versus perpendicular grain boundary

作者：Liu, Mi; Cheng, Long^*; Yuan, Yue; Wang, Shiwei; Yin, Hao; Wang, Ting; Luo, G. -N.; Liu, Xiang; Lu, Guang-Hong

来源：Physica Scripta, 2021, 96(11): 114004.

DOI：10.1088/1402-4896/ac1476

• tungsten materials
• deuterium plasma
• parallel GB
• perpendicular GB
• blistering

The effect of grain boundary (GB) direction with respect to the exposed surface on blistering in tungsten (W) is studied. Four types of W materials were used in this work and classified according to GB directions: one with GBs parallel to the exposed surface (parallel GBs) and the other with GBs perpendicular to the exposed surface (perpendicular GBs). After exposure to high flux deuterium plasmas, blisters were observed and found to be related to GBs in all types of materials. It is found that large-size blisters were originated from parallel GBs rather than perpendicular GBs. Blisters were supposed to grow faster in parallel GBs than in perpendicular GBs. Moreover, the exfoliation of blister caps was observed in the materials with parallel GBs but not in that with perpendicular GBs. This study provides a new insight into the role of GB direction on blistering.

• 单位
  中国科学院; 北京航空航天大学; 核工业西南物理研究院