A Conventional and High Resolution Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) Study of Stress Fields around Hydrides in Zircaloy-4
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Zircaloy-4 is used as a fuel cladding material for water reactors, as it has good mechanical properties, corrosion resistance, and a low thermal neutron absorption cross section. However, the mechanical performance of Zircaloy-4 can be reduced during service due to hydrogen uptake and hydride formation. These hydrides are brittle and can reduce the strength and toughness of thin pressure tubes, which can impact delayed hydride cracking, which motivates further characterization. We use electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) to explore morphology and orientation relationships between zirconium matrix and zirconium hydrides, where the hydrides are located at and near grain boundaries. Blocky-α Zircaloy-4 [1] with hydrides [2] was prepared and then cross sectioned using cryo-ion beam polishing using argon plasma focused ion beam (pFIB) and broad ion beam (BIB) approaches [3] to enable the preparation of a very high quality flat surface with no preferential etching of either the hydride or zirconium metal (Fig. 1). Conventional EBSD (Fig. 2) and high angular resolution EBSD (HREBSD) was performed capturing diffraction patterns using a Quanta 650 FEG-SEM equipped with an eFlashHD2 detector. Conventional EBSD analysis was performed using data that was indexed online, and subsequently post processed using MTEX. HREBSD analysis was performed using the XEBSD MATLAB code to extract relative variations in (lattice) strain, lattice rotation, and the density of geometrically necessary dislocations. Four maps were collected for analysis which included hydrides located in the following regions: (a) near a triple junction, where the hydride smoothly decorates across two of the connecting grain boundaries; (b) on a grain boundary, where the hydride smoothly decorates the grain boundary; (c) a pair of hydrides at a grain boundary which contain a mixture of smooth decoration of the interface and protrusion into the grains; (d) hydrides on a grain boundary which protrude into one grain. The combined conventional and HR-EBSD analysis highlights that incompatibility of the hydride within the zirconium matrix is strongly linked to the orientation relationship of the hydride and matrix, as well as the character of the grain boundary. For regions that smoothly decorate an interface, typically limited incompatibility is observed (i.e. the lattice strains and lattice rotations are small). In contrast, larger variations in stored deformation are observed where the hydride does not fit ‘as well’ in either grain. This work highlights that the morphology of the hydrides and their location within the material are correlated with the computability of the interfaces, both of the grain boundaries and the hydride-matrix. Furthermore, these results which detail the variation in elastic (i.e. lattice) strain and lattice rotation are only now accessible with state-of-the-art specimen preparation techniques that enable us to produce high quality surfaces that have limited preparation artifacts. [4] Cross section BIB polishing of large grain Zircaloy-4. A shows a schematic showing sample behind Ti blade with polished region indicated (side view) and B shows top view setup for polishing (SE image). The purple arrow indicates the ion beam polishing direction. Conventional EBSD analysis of hydrides near a grain boundary triple junction, polished with cryo pFIB, revealing high quality EBSD patterns and the orientation relationships.
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