Synergistic effects of irradiation and tensile deformation on molten salt corrosion behavior of GH3535 alloy
摘要
The synergistic effects of irradiation and tensile deformation on the corrosion behavior of the GH3535 alloy in FLi-NaK molten salt were explored. Helium bubbles were introduced into the GH3535 alloy, followed by mechanical loading with the plastic strain up to 10%. After immersion in molten salt for 300 h, all the samples exhibited a corrosion-induced Cr depletion layer. The depth of the Cr depletion layer increased by 40% for the alloy with helium ion irradiation and 10% plastic deformation, compared with that for the only corroded sample. Moreover, the proportion of large-sized helium bubbles increased with plastic deformation. These results indicate that the coupling effects of irradiation and tensile deformation accelerate the corrosion of the GH3535 alloy. In addition, in a molten salt environment, an unexpected outward migration behavior of helium bubbles was observed under different plastic deformation. Helium bubbles migrated closer to the surface as the strain increased up to 3%, while the migration depth declined when the strain reached 10%. This is ascribed to the interaction between deformation-induced dislocations and helium bubbles.