Influence of microstructure on thermal fatigue effect of laminated tungsten based plasma-facing material

Qi Chao; Ma Yu-Tian; Qi Yan-Fei; Xiao Shan-Qu; Wang Bo

doi:10.7498/aps.73.20240007

Abstract

The response of tungsten (W) to thermal shock loading, as the best candidate for plasma-facing material (PFM), is an important issue in the research of future fusion devices. Under thermal loading, thermal irradiation damage, including brittle cracking and fatigue cracking, occurs on the surface of tungsten based plasma-facing material (W-PFM). In this work, a new scheme to suppress the thermal irradiation damage to W-PFM, i.e. the laminated structure W-PFM scheme, is proposed. Thermal fatigue experiments of laminated structure W composed of W foils with different thickness and heat treatment processes are carried out by using an electron beam device. The samples are subjected to thermal pulses with a power density of 48 MW/m² for 5000 cycles. The results indicate that the crack damage to the surface of the laminated structure W decreases with the decrease of the thickness of W foils under the same heat treatment conditions. The main cracks are produced on the surface of laminated structure W after cyclic thermal loads have been all approximately parallel to the foil thickness direction. Only the main cracks appear on the surfaces of W foils with a smaller thickness, while crack networks develop on the surfaces of W foils with a larger thickness , in addition to the main cracks with a larger width. In the rolled state, the laminated structure W has the lowest degree of surface plastic deformation for the same thickness. The thermal fatigue crack damage to the surface is quantitatively analyzed by using computer image processing software and analysis software, and scanning electron microscope images of the thermal damage area are finally selected. It is found that the de-stressed state W has the smallest crack area and the smallest number of cracks for the same thickness, indicating that the de-stressed state W has the strongest resistance to irradiation damage. The experimental results also show that in addition to the effect of microstructure, both the uniaxial stress state and the crack-blocking mechanism of the laminated structured W-PFM contribute to the improvement of its thermal fatigue performance.

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College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
2.
Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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College of Metallurgy and Energy, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063210, China

Corresponding author: Wang Bo, wangbo@bjut.edu.cn

Funds: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52104374) and the Hebei Province Central Leading Local Science and Technology Development Fund Project, China (Grant No. 236Z1004G).

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图 1 叠片结构W-PFM方案　(a)叠片结构示意图; (b)单轴应力示意图

Figure 1. Laminated structure W-PFM scheme: (a) Schematic of laminated structure; (b) schematic of uniaxial stresses.

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图 2 (a) 叠片结构W-PFM样品示意图; (b) 叠片结构W-PFM样品实物图

Figure 2. (a) Schematic diagram of the laminated structure W-PFM sample; (b) physical diagram of laminated structured W-PFM sample.

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图 3 W箔和块体W表面形貌　(a₁), (b₁), (c₁) 0.05 mm, 轧制, 去应力和再结晶W; (a₂), (b₂), (c₂) 0.1 mm, 轧制, 去应力和再结晶W; (a₃), (b₃), (c₃) 3 mm, 轧制, 去应力和再结晶W

Figure 3. The morphology of W foil and bulk W: (a₁), (b₁), (c₁) 0.05 mm, rolled, stress-free, and recrystallied W; (a₂), (b₂), (c₂) 0.1 mm, rolled, stress-free, and recrystallied W; (a₃), (b₃), (c₃) 3 mm: rolled, stress-free, and recrystallied W.

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图 4 不同热处理工艺下的叠片结构W和块状W表面的热损伤形貌　(a₁), (b₁), (c₁) 0.05 mm, 轧制, 去应力和再结晶W; (a₂), (b₂), (c₂) 0.1 mm, 轧制, 去应力和再结晶W; (a₃), (b₃), (c₃) 3 mm, 轧制, 去应力和再结晶W

Figure 4. Thermal damage morphology of laminated W and bulk W under different heat treatment processes: (a₁), (b₁), (c₁) 0.05 mm, rolled, stress-free, and recrystallied W; (a₂), (b₂), (c₂) 0.10 mm, rolled, stress-free, and recrystallied W; (a₃), (b₃), (c₃) 3.00 mm, rolled, stress-free, and recrystallied W.

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图 5 不同热处理工艺下的W箔和块体W表面热损伤区域的微观形貌　(a₁), (b₁), (c₁) 0.05 mm, 轧制, 去应力和再结晶W; (a₂), (b₂), (c₂) 0.10 mm, 轧制, 去应力和再结晶W; (a₃), (b₃), (c₃) 3.00 mm, 轧制, 去应力和再结晶W

Figure 5. Micromorphology of thermal damage area on the surface of W foil and bulk W under different heat treatment processes: (a₁), (b₁), (c₁) 0.05 mm, rolled, stress-free, and recrystallied W; (a₂), (b₂), (c₂) 0.10 mm, rolled, stress-free, and recrystallied W; (a₃), (b₃), (c₃) 3.00 mm, rolled, stress-free, and recrystallied W.

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图 6 不同热处理工艺下叠片结构W和块体W表面裂纹的标定

Figure 6. Calibration of surface cracks of laminated W and bulk W under different heat treatment processes.

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图 7 不同热处理工艺下叠片结构W和块体W表面裂纹的评估参数　(a)裂纹面积密度; (b)主裂纹平均宽度; (c)表面损伤因子

Figure 7. Evaluation parameters of surface crack damage of laminated W and bulk W under different heat treatment processes: (a) Percentage of crack area; (b) average width of main crack; (c) surface damage factor.

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表 1 热处理工艺参数

Table 1. Heat treatment process parameters.

	升温速率/(K·min^–1)	最高温度/℃	保温时间/h	降温速率/(K·min^–1)
去应力退火	> 400℃, 15; < 400℃, 20	1000	0.5	> 400℃, 20; < 400℃, 随炉冷却
再结晶退火	> 400℃, 15; < 400℃, 20	1600	1.0	> 400℃, 20; < 400℃, 随炉冷却

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表 2 实验后样品热加载区域表面粗糙度

Table 2. Surface roughness of the thermally loaded region of the samples after experimentation

	0.05 mm/ (R_a·μm^–1)	0.10 mm/ (R_a·μm^–1)	3.00 mm/ (R_a·μm^–1)
原始轧制态	0.06	0.14	1.00
去应力态	0.11	0.40	1.30
再结晶态	0.18	0.65	2.00

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[7]	Loewenhoff Th, Linke J, Pintsuk G, Thomser C 2012 Fusion Eng. Des. 87 1201 Google Scholar
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