X-ray diffraction study of the Y2Ti2O7 pyrochlore disordering sequence under irradiation

Soulié Aurélien Menut Denis Crocombette Jean-Paul Chartier Alain Sellami Neila Sattonnay Gaël 1 Monnet Isabelle Béchade Jean-Luc
1 CSNSM PCI - Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière
Abstract : The disordering sequence of Y2Ti2O7 pyrochlore, a nano-oxide phase that strengthens ODS steels under irradiation is studied in the experimental and modeling framework. XRD analysis has been performed considering both swift heavy ion and low energy/low mass ion irradiations. The simulation within molecular dynamics of Frenkel pair accumulation proves able to reproduce the variation of the amorphization fluence with temperature. XRD patterns calculated from the simulations reproduce well the patterns observed experimentally in the literature. Both experiments and calculations point to a first transition from pyrochlore to fluorite before an eventual amorphization. For swift heavy ion irradiations with 93 MeV Xe ions, tracks of direct impact amorphization are visible by HRTEM. Advanced refinement shows that one third of the pyrochlore impacted by an ion transforms into fluorite, while two third are directly amorphized.
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Soulié Aurélien, Menut Denis, Crocombette Jean-Paul, Chartier Alain, Sellami Neila, et al.. X-ray diffraction study of the Y2Ti2O7 pyrochlore disordering sequence under irradiation. Journal of Nuclear Materials, Elsevier, 2016, pp.314-322. ⟨10.1016/j.jnucmat.2016.08.005⟩. ⟨in2p3-01389509⟩

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