Published 1988 | Version v1
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Detection of irradiation effects on reactor vessel steels by magneto-acoustic emission

Creators

  • 1. California Univ., Los Angeles, CA (USA). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
  • 2. California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA (USA). Dept. of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering

Description

The irradiation effects of reactor vessel steels were studied by magneto-acoustic emission (MAE). MAE is a new method of non-destructive evaluation. It is generated primarily by domain wall motions during magnetization of ferromagnetic materials in the alternating magnetic field. Since MAE activity is sensitive to the microstructural changes, it is applied to determine the status of steel samples exposed to neutron irradiation. The results presented here show that MAE waveform analysis can be a promising non-destructive evaluation technique for monitoring the microscopic changes in the steel components subjected to neutron irradiation

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
American Society for Metals.
Imprint Place
Metals Park, OH (USA)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the 9th international conference on nondestructive evaluation in the nuclear industry
Imprint Pagination
686 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 575-582.

Conference

Title
9. international conference on nondestructive evaluation in the nuclear industry.
Dates
25-28 Apr 1988.
Place
Tokyo (Japan).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
21053916
Subject category
S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
IRRADIATION; MAGNETIC TESTING; MAGNETOACOUSTIC WAVES; PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; REACTOR SAFETY; REACTOR VESSELS; STEELS; THERMAL DEGRADATION
Descriptors DEC
ALLOYS; CARBON ADDITIONS; CONTAINERS; HYDROMAGNETIC WAVES; IRON ALLOYS; IRON BASE ALLOYS; MATERIALS TESTING; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; RADIATION EFFECTS; SAFETY; TESTING

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-880471--.