Citation
Gonzalez Arrabal, Raquel and Munnik, F. and González, M. and Romero, P. and Heller, R. and Leardini, F. and Perlado Martín, José Manuel
(2012).
Ion beam analysis of as-received, H-implanted and post implanted annealed fusion steels.
"Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms", v. 271
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pp. 27-32.
ISSN 0168-583X.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2011.10.005.
Abstract
The elemental distribution for as-received (AR), H implanted (AI) and post-implanted annealed (A) Eurofer and ODS-Eurofer steels has been characterized by means of micro Particle Induced X-ray Emission (μ-PIXE), micro Elastic Recoil Detection (μ-ERD) and Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS). The temperature and time-induced H diffusion has been analyzed by Resonance Nuclear Reaction Analysis (RNRA), Thermal Desorption Spectroscopy (TDS), ERDA and SIMS techniques. μ-PIXE measurements point out the presence of inhomogeneities in the Y distribution for ODS-Eurofer samples. RNRA and SIMS experiments evidence that hydrogen easily outdiffuses in these steels even at room temperature. ERD data show that annealing at temperatures as low as 300 °C strongly accelerates the hydrogen diffusion process, driving out up to the 90% of the initial hydrogen.