Status of plasma facing materials for next step fusion devices. (2009)
Linke, J., Pintsuk, G., Prokhodtseva, A., Rödig, M., Garcia-Rosales, C., Centeno, A., ...
14th Internat.Conf.on Fusion Reactor Materials (ICFRM-14), Sapporo, J, September 7-12, 2009
Stoenescu, R., Schaeublin, R., Gavillet, D., Baluc, N.
The effects of neutron irradiation on the microstructure of welded joints made of austenitic stainless steels have been investigated. The materials were welded AISI 304 and AISI 347, so-called test...
Stoenescu, R., Schaublin, R., Gavillet, D., Baluc, N.
The effects of neutron irradiation on the mechanical properties of welded joints made of austenitic stainless steels have been investigated. The materials are welded AISI 304 and AISI 347, so-called...
Stoenescu, R., Schaeublin, R., Gavillet, D., Baluc, N.
The effects of neutron irradiation on austenitic stainless steels, usually used for the manufacturing of internal elements of nuclear reactors (e.g. the core shrouds), are the alteration of the...
Ramar, A., Baluc, N., Schuablin, R.
Ferritic/martensitic (F/M) steels show good resistance to swelling and low damage accumulation upon irradiation relative to stainless steels. 0.3 wt% yttria particles were added to the F/M steel...
Bonade, R., Spaetig, P., Baluc, N.
A fracture toughness database obtained on the Eurofer97 steel (25 mm plate, heat 83697) is presented. The material has been tested in the 'as-received' condition in the lower transition region at...
Status of reduced activation ferritic/martensitic steel development (2007)
Baluc, N., Gelles, D. S., Jitsukawa, S., Kimura, A., Klueh, R. L., Odette, G. R., ...
Recent research results obtained in Europe, Japan, China and the USA on reduced activation ferritic/martensitic (RAFM) steels are reviewed. The present status of different RAFM steel products (plate,...
Status of R&D activities on materials for fusion power reactors. (2007)
Baluc, N., Abe, K., Boutard, J.L., Chernov, V.M., Diegele, E., Jitsukawa, S., ...
Nuclear Fusion, 47(2007) S.S696-S717
Fusion material development program in the broader approach activities. (2007)
Nishitani, T., Tanigawa, H., Jitsukawa, S., Hayashi, K., Yamanishi, T., Tsuchiya, K., ...
13th Internat.Conf.on Fusion Reactor Materials (ICFRM-13), Nice, F, December 10- 14, 2007
Structural materials for DEMO: The EU development, strategy, testing and modelling. (2007)
Lässer, R., Baluc, N., Boutard, J.L., Diegele, E., Dudarev, S., Gasparotto, M., ...
24th Symp.on Fusion Technology (SOFT 2006), Warszawa, PL, September 11-15, 2006
Structural materials for DEMO: The EU development, strategy, testing and modelling. (2007)
Lässer, R., Baluc, N., Boutard, J.L., Diegele, E., Dudarev, S., Gasparotto, M., ...
Fusion Engineering and Design, 82(2007) S.511-20
Microstructural development under irradiation in European ODS ferritic/martensitic steels (2006)
Schaeublin, R., Ramar, A., Baluc, N., De Castro, V., Monge, M. A., Leguey, T., ...
Oxide dispersion strengthened steels based on the ferritic/martensitic steel EUROFER97 are promising candidates for a fusion reactor because of their improved high temperature mechanical properties...
Nanostructured tungsten-iron alloy prepared by electrodeposition (2006)
Chiu, Y. L., Baluc, N., Schaeublin, R.
Tungsten-iron alloy was produced by electrodeposition. The electrodeposited alloy (15 at.% W) possesses a two-phase composite microstructure, containing a nanocrystalline phase of distorted BCC...
Materials for fusion power reactors (2006)
The present paper reviews the status of the knowledge on materials for fusion power plants, pointing out that they constitute one of the main key issues on the path to future reactors. Specific...
Status of R&D activities on materials for fusion power reactors. (2006)
Baluc, N., Abe, K., Boutard, J.L., Chernov, V.M., Diegele, E., Jitsukawa, S., ...
21st IAEA Fusion Energy Conf., Chengdu, China, October 16-21, 2006
Microstructural development under irradiation in European ODS ferritic/martensitic steels (2005)
Schaeublin, R., Ramar, A., Baluc, N., De.Castro, V., Monge, M.A., Leguey, T., ...
Thermal creep behaviour of the EUROFER 97 RAFM steel and two European ODS EUROFER 97 steels (2005)
Thermal creep tests have been conducted on the EUROFER 97 reduced activation ferritic/martensitic (RAFM) steel and two kinds of oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) EUROFER 97 steels, which were...
Spaetig, P., Campitelli, E. N., Bonade, R., Baluc, N.
The primary mission of the international fusion material irradiation facility (IFMIF) is to generate a material database to be used for the design of various components, for the licensing and for the...
Irradiation-induced stacking fault tetrahedra in fcc metals (2005)
Schaeublin, R., Yao, Z., Baluc, N., Victoria, M.
Irradiation induces the formation of stacking fault tetrahedra (SFTs) in a number of fcc metals, such as stainless steel and pure copper. In order to understand the role of the material's parameters...
Present development status of EUROFER and ODS-EUROFER for application in blanket concepts (2005)
Lindau, R., Moslang, A., Rieth, M., Klimiankou, M., Materna-Morris, E., Alamo, A., ...
Within the European Union, the two major breeding blanket concepts presently being developed are the helium cooled pebble bed (HCPB), and the helium cooled lithium lead (HCLL) blankets. For both...
Temperature dependence of irradiation effects in pure titanium (2005)
Leguey, T., Baluc, N., Schaeublin, R., Victoria, M.
The microstructural modifications due to irradiation in hcp pure metals and their consequences on the mechanical properties have been investigated. Experimental results for proton-irradiated pure...
Present development status of EUROFER and ODS-EUROFER for application in blanket concepts. (2005)
Lindau, R., Möslang, A., Rieth, M., Klimiankou, M., Materna-Morris, E., Alamo, A., ...
Fusion Engineering and Design, 75-79(2005) S.989-96
SANS investigation of proton-irradiated EUROFER97 (2004)
Spaetig, P., Schaeublin, R., Baluc, N., Kohlbrecher, J., Victoria, M.
Small angle neutron scattering experiments have been undertaken on the tempered martensitic steel EUROFER97 after proton irradiation at 250 and 350 degreesC and for doses of 0.3 and 1 dpa. It has...
Mechanical spectroscopy of Al-Cu-Fe quasicrystalline coatings (2004)
Fikar, J., Schaller, R., Baluc, N.
Since the bulk Al-Cu-Fe quasicrystals are extremely brittle below 700 K, a quasicrystalline coating deposited on a steel substrate by thermal spraying was used for mechanical spectroscopy...
Mechanical spectroscopy of decagonal Al-Cu-Fe-Cr quasicrystalline coatings (2004)
Fikar, J., Schaller, R., Baluc, N.
Mechanical spectroscopy measurements were performed on decagonal quasicrystalline Al-Cu-Fe-Cr coatings of three different thicknesses deposited on a mild steel substrate. The mechanical loss spectra...
Baluc, N., Schaeublin, R., Spaetig, P., Victoria, M.
Reduced activation ferritic/martensitic (RAFM) steels are the reference structural materials for future fusion reactors. They have proven to be a good alternative to austenitic steels for their...
Materials design data for reduced activation martensitic steel type EUROFER. (2004)
Tavassoli, A.A.F., Alamo, A., Bedel, L., Forest, L., Gentzbittel, J.M., Rensman, J.W., ...
11th Internat.Conf.on Fusion Reactor Materials (ICFRM-11), Kyoto, J, December 7-12, 2003
Present development status of EUROFER and ODS for application in blanket concepts. (2004)
Lindau, R., Möslang, A., Rieth, M., Klimiankou, M., Morris, E.M., Alamo, A., ...
23rd Symp.on Fusion Technology (SOFT), Venezia, I, September 20-24, 2004
Texier, M., Proult, A., Bonneville, J., Rabler, J., Baluc, N., Cordier, P.
AlPdMn quasi-crystalline specimens were deformed at low temperatures using a high-confining-pressure device. The microstructures, observed in each sample by transmission electron microscopy, depend...
On the yield point of icosahedral AlCuFe quasicrystals (2003)
Texier, M., Bonneville, J., Proult, A., Rabier, J., Baluc, N., Guyot, P.
Transient creep (1) tests have been performed at the yield point of icosahedral AlCuFe poly-quasicrystalline specimens in order to investigate the actual causes of this phenomenon. The experimental...
Texier, M., Proult, A., Bonneville, J., Rabier, J., Baluc, N., Cordier, P.
Plastic deformation of Al-Pd-Mn icosahedral quasicrystals has been achieved at room temperature using a high-confining-pressure medium. The deformation microstructure, investigated by transmission...
Microstructure and mechanical properties of two ODS ferritic/martensitic steels (2002)
Schaeublin, R., Leguey, T., Spaetig, P., Baluc, N., Victoria, M.
A microstructural analysis and tensile tests were performed on two oxide dispersion strengthened ferritic/martensitic steels. Dispersion hardening represents an interesting approach to improve the...
Structure-mechanics relationships in proton irradiated pure titanium (2002)
Leguey, T., Baluc, N., Schaeublin, R., Victoria, M.
Radiation effects on the mechanical behavior and the microstructure of pure her, titanium polycrystals have been investigated. Results have been analyzed in the frame of a dispersed obstacle...
Characterization of hydrogen barrier coatings for titanium-base alloys (2002)
Leguey, T., Baluc, N., Jansen, F., Victoria, M.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the barrier efficiency of a thick thermal spray deposit on the alpha-titanium alloy, Ti-5Al-2.4Sn against hydrogen penetration. Therefore, a duplex...
Mechanical behaviour versus structure of Al63.6Cu24.0Fe12.4 (2002)
Giacometti, E., Fikar, J., Baluc, N., Bonneville, J.
A series of polyquasicrystalline ingots with the nominal composition Al63.6Cu24.0Fe12.4 has been prepared by conventional drop casting and subsequent annealing at 1088 K for 24 h. Compression...
Low temperature plastic behaviour of icosahedral Al-Cu-Fe quasicrystals (2001)
Fikar, J., Bonneville, J., Rabier, J., Baluc, N., Proult, A., Cordier, P., ...
Structural materials for fusion reactors (2001)
Victoria, M., Baluc, N., Spaetig, P.
In order to preserve the conditions for an environmentally safe machine, at present the selection of materials fur the structural components of fusion reactors is made not only on the basis of...
On the constitutive behavior of the F82H ferritic/martensitic steel (2001)
Spaetig, P., Baluc, N., Victoria, M.
This paper focuses on the constitutive behavior of the F82H ferritic/martensitic steels internationally investigated in the frame of the fusion material development program. Tensile tests were...
Plastic behaviour of icosahedral Al-Cu-Fe quasicrystals: Experiment and modelling (2001)
Giacometti, E., Guyot, P., Baluc, N., Bonneville, J.
Constant strain-rate and creep tests have been performed on poly-quasicrystalline specimens of the icosahedral Al-Cu-Fe system. Three temperatures (870, 960 and 1000 K) have been investigated by...
Mechanical loss associated with stress anomaly in Ni3Al and Ni3(Al,Ta) single crystals (2000)
Carreño-Morelli, E., Cheng, B.L., Demura, M., Schaller, R., Baluc, N., Bonneville, J.
The microstructure and associated tensile properties of irradiated fcc and bcc metals (2000)
Victoria, M., Baluc, N., Bailat, C., Dai, Y., Luppo, M. I., Schaeublin, R., ...
The differences and similarities of behaviour between fee and bcc metals after irradiation have been investigated. For this purpose, fee Cu, Pd and 304 stainless steel and bcc Fe, Mo and Mo-5% Re...
Creep behaviour of icosahedral Al-Cu-Fe (2000)
Giacometti, E., Baluc, N., Bonneville, J.
Transient creep experiments have been performed on poly-quasicrystalline specimens of the icosahedral Al-Cu-Fe phase. Three temperatures (870, 960 and 1000 K) have been selected in the ductile regime...
Baluc, N., Schaeublin, R., Bailat, C., Paschoud, F., Victoria, M.
Polycrystalline specimens of the ferritic-martensitic OPTIMAX A steel have been irradiated on the one hand with neutrons at 523 K to a dose of 2.5 dpa and with 590 MeV protons at ambient temperature...
The effects of irradiation and testing temperature on tensile behaviour of stainless steels (2000)
Bailat, C., Almazouzi, A., Baluc, N., Schaeublin, R., Groschel, F., Victoria, M.
Irradiated 304 and 316 stainless steel samples were investigated. The steels were neutron irradiated to 1.5 and 7.5 dpa at 550 K. Similar types of steels were irradiated at 550 K with 590 MeV protons...
A comparison of the microstructure and tensile behaviour of irradiated FCC and BCC metals (1999)
Baluc, N., Bailat, C., Dai, Y., Luppo, M.I., Schaeublin, R., Victoria, M.
Activation parameters of plastic flow in icosahedral Al-Cu-Fe (1999)
Giacometti, E., Baluc, N., Bonneville, J.
Poly-quasicrystalline samples of an icosahedral Al-Cu-Fe alloy have been deformed in compression tests under constant-strain-rate conditions at temperatures ranging from room temperature up to 1020 K...
Cheng, B. L., Carreno-Morelli, E., Baluc, N., Bonneville, J., Schaller, R.
Dislocation dynamics in a Ni-3(Al, Ta) single-crystal alloy have been studied by means of mechanical spectroscopy at intermediate temperatures, that is in the temperature range of the flow stress...
Deformation Regimes in the Intermetallic Alloy, Ni3Al. (1998)
Bonneville, J., Baluc, N., Martin, J. L.
Deformation regimes were studied by deforming Ni3(Al,Ta) single crystals at different strain rates from 77K to 1273K; the yield stress increased with temperature until a peak at 800K and then...
Methods for Determining Precise Values of Antiphase Boundary Energies in Ni3Al. (1998)
Baluc, N., Schaublin, R., Hemker, K. J.
Antiphase boundary energies in Ni3Al that were calculated using: (1) measured, but uncorrected dissociations, (2) dissociations corrected by the isotropic method of Cockayne, and (3) dissociations...
Identification of loope shaped defects in as-grown and annealed singl quasicrystals (1998)
Reinier, E., Gastaldi, J., Mancini, L., Härtwig, J., Baruchel, J., Baluc, N.
High Temperature Mechanical Spectroscopy in Ordered Ni3(Al, Ta) (1996)
Mourisco, A., Baluc, N., Bonneville, J., Schaller, R.
Mechanical loss measurements were performed on polycrystalline and single crystalline samples (of three different orientations) of a Ni3(Al, 1%Ta) alloy with the L12 ordered structure. Measurements...
High Temperature Mechanical Spectroscopy in Ordered Ni3(Al, Ta) (1996)
Mourisco, A., Baluc, N., Bonneville, J., Schaller, R.
Mechanical loss measurements were performed on polycrystalline and single crystalline samples (of three different orientations) of a Ni3(Al, 1%Ta) alloy with the L12 ordered structure. Measurements...
High Temperature Mechanical Spectroscopy in Ordered Ni3(Al, Ta) (1996)
Mourisco, A., Baluc, N., Bonneville, J., Schaller, R.
Mechanical loss measurements were performed on polycrystalline and single crystalline samples (of three different orientations) of a Ni3(Al, 1%Ta) alloy with the L12 ordered structure. Measurements...