Phase transformation behavior and microstructural control of high-Cr martensitic/ferritic heat-resistant steels for power and nuclear plants: a review

X Zhou, C Liu, L Yu, Y Liu, H Li - Journal of Materials Science & …, 2015 - Elsevier
The martensitic/ferritic steels have been used as boiler and turbine materials in power
plants, and also been selected as potential materials for structural materials in nuclear …

A roadmap for tailoring the strength and ductility of ferritic/martensitic T91 steel via thermo-mechanical treatment

M Song, C Sun, Z Fan, Y Chen, R Zhu, KY Yu… - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Ferritic/martensitic (F/M) steels with high strength and excellent ductility are
important candidate materials for the life extension of the current nuclear reactors and the …

Response of equal channel angular extrusion processed ultrafine-grained T91 steel subjected to high temperature heavy ion irradiation

M Song, YD Wu, D Chen, XM Wang, C Sun, KY Yu… - Acta Materialia, 2014 - Elsevier
The life extension of current pressurized water reactors and the design of reliable next-
generation nuclear reactors call for advanced structural steels that can sustain radiation up …

Strengthening mechanisms in ultrafine-grained ferritic/martensitic steel produced by equal channel angular pressing

RK Islamgaliev, MA Nikitina, AV Ganeev… - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Microstructure and thermal stability of high chromium ferritic/martensitic steel 12Cr-2W-2Ni-
0.5 Mo processed by equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) has been investigated using …

Grain refinement mechanisms and strength-hardness correlation of ultra-fine grained grade 91 steel processed by equal channel angular extrusion

M Song, C Sun, Y Chen, Z Shang, J Li, Z Fan… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ferritic/martensitic grade 91 steel (T91 or P91) is one of the candidate materials for primary
and secondary loops in sodium cooled fast reactor. Recently, studies show that equal …

Microstructure refinement and strengthening mechanisms of a 12Cr ODS steel processed by equal channel angular extrusion

M Song, C Sun, J Jang, CH Han, TK Kim… - Journal of alloys and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Multiscale microstructure refinement of a 12Cr-ODS steel by equal channel angular
extrusion (ECAE) was investigated by numerous microscopy techniques. The as-HIPped …

Effect of self-ion irradiation on the microstructural changes of alloy EK-181 in annealed and severely deformed conditions

E Aydogan, T Chen, JG Gigax, D Chen, X Wang… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2017 - Elsevier
EK-181 is a low-activation ferritic/martensitic steel that is an attractive candidate for in-core
component materials for both fast reactors and fusion reactors. To assess the effect of …

The microstructure and mechanical properties of T91 steel processed by ECAP at room temperature

ZQ Fan, T Hao, SX Zhao, GN Luo, CS Liu… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2013 - Elsevier
In this paper, the 9Cr–1Mo martensitic steel (T91) was processed by ECAP method at room
temperature and annealed at 500° C for 2h subsequently. The optical and TEM micrographs …

Radiation instability of equal channel angular extruded T91 at ultra-high damage levels

JG Gigax, H Kim, T Chen, FA Garner, L Shao - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Although several studies have shown that nano-grained alloys have higher radiation
resistance than coarse-grained variants, with dense grain boundary structures acting as …

Enhancement of strength and ductility in ultrafine-grained T91 steel through thermomechanical treatments

M Song, R Zhu, DC Foley, C Sun, Y Chen… - Journal of materials …, 2013 - Springer
We report on the microstructure and mechanical properties of T91 alloy subjected to different
thermomechanical treatments (TMTs). Equal channel angular extrusion (ECAE) was …