ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

Total scattering measurements for local structure determination in novel reduced activation high-entropy alloys for fusion

Abstract: Nuclear fusion offers safe and sustainable power generation, without the production of long-lived radioactive wastes. Fusion core structural materials will be subjected to neutron fluxes greater than in current nuclear fission reactors, as well as extreme heat loads, and the search is on to find the most appropriate material. High Entropy Alloys (HEA’s) are a combination of several elements in similar amounts. Some HEA’s have a number of attractive properties, including radiation resistance. We have recently produced novel radiation damage resistant HEA’s for fusion, but identifying their crystal-structures using our laboratory equipment is difficult due to the similarity of the elements used. Therefore, in order to determine why our HEA’s are so resistant to damage, we need to characterise the alloys using neutrons to obtain a more accurate picture of the arrangement of the atoms.

Principal Investigator: Dr Amy Gandy
Experimenter: Dr Nik Reeves-McLaren
Local Contact: Dr Helen Playford
Experimenter: Miss Dhinisaben Patel
Experimenter: Dr Russell Goodall

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1900033

ISIS Experiment Number: RB1900033

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

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