Abstract: 茫遥伲樱裕粒蹋蹋桑冢粒裕桑希巍。希啤。疲錩(38)Ni_(39)Si_(10)B_(13)　METALLIC　GLASS　UNDER　HELIUM　ION　IRRADIATION##2##3##4##5CRYSTALLIZATIONOFFe_(38)Ni_(39)Si_(10)B_(13)METALLICGLASSUNDERHELIUMIONIRRADIATION$YANGQifa(ChinaInstituteofAtomicEnergy,Beijing)ZHANGGuoguang;SHENWanshui(UniversityofScienceandTechnologyBeijing)Manuscriptreceived20February1995ThecrystallizationfeaturesofFe38Hi39Si10B13metallicglassunder100keVand6μA/cm2heliumionirradiationwithdifferentdosesarereported.ItisfoundthattheFe38Ni39Si10B13metallicglasscrystallizedundertheheliumionirradiationatthetemperaturelowerthantheordinarythermalcrystallizationtemperature.ThepreferentialprecipitationphaseisFeSi,andfollowedbytheeutecticphaseα-Fe.Thecriticaldosefortheformationofheliumbubblesinthematerialisaround5x10￣16/cm2.Thesensitivityofcrystallizationduetothetemperaturerisingunderheliumionirradiationandthemechanismofthesequenceofprecipitatedphasearebrieflydiscussed.Keywords:Fe38Ni39Si10B13,metallicglass,crystallization,helium,ionirradiationTheblisteringorflakingoffirstwallmaterialsinducedbyheliumionbombardment,whichisrelevanttothefirstwallsurfaceerosionandplasmacontamination,isacriticalproblemtobeconsideredinfusionengineering.Becauseofthefavourablyphysical,chemicalandotherproperties,especially,thebetterresistanceofblistering,metallicglassesareexpectedtobeapromisingcandidatematerialforthefirstwall.TyagiandNanderkarstudiedsystematicallytheblisteringphenomenaofsomemetallicglassmaterialsunderheliumionandprotonbombardmentwithvariousionenergy,ioncurrentdensityanddose,andfoundthecriticaldoseforblisteringofthesematerials[1-3].However,itisverysuspiciousthatmetallicglasseswillcrystallizeunderheliumionirradiationtolosetheiramorphouscharacter,whichwilldeterioratetheirproperties.GusevaandGordeevareportedthatFe40Ni40B20metallicglassbombardedbyheliumionwithenergyof40keVandionbeamcurrentdensitiesof5-40μA/cm2partiallycrystallizedbelowitsordinarythermalcrystallizationtemperature[4].ByusingXRDexamination,itwasfoundthatα-FeandM3B,M2BandMBwereprecipitated(whereM=FeandNi)underheliumionbombardmentwith5μA/cm2and100μA/cm2ioncurrentdensitiesrespectively.Nevertheless,TyagiandNanderkarfoundthatsomemetallicglassescrystallizedandsomedidnotundersameirradiatedparameters[1-3].Consequently,itisnecessarytoinvestigatetheirradiation-assisted-crystallizationfeatureofmetallicglassesbyheliumionirradiationfortheirapplicationinfusionengineering.Inpresentexperiment,thecrystallizationfeatureofFe38Ni39Si10B13metallicglassunderheliumionirradiationwithenergy100keVandvariousdosesintherangeof5×1016/cm2to1×1018/cm2,andthedistributionofheliumbubblesinmaterialaremeasuredbyusingtransmissionelectronmicroscope(TEM)andX-raydiffraction(XRD).1.ExperimentalApproachTheas-receivedFe-Ni-Si-Bmetallicglassribbonswith10mminwidthand0.2mminthicknessweresuppliedbyBeijingInstituteofMetallurgy.Thenominalcomposition(wt%)ofthematerialisNi47.37,Fe43.91,Si5.81andB2.91fromthechemicalanalysisandthecalculatedconstituentisFe38Ni39Si10B13.TheX-raydiffractogramofas-receivedmaterialdemonstratedthattheas-receivedmaterialhasagoodamoophouscharacter.Thetheimalcrystallizationprocessoftheas-receivedmaterialwastestedbydifferentialthermalanalysis(DTA).Theordinarythermalcrystallizationtemperaturewasdeterminedtobeabout490℃.Rectangularsampleswithanareaof1×2cmanddiscsampleswith3mmindiameterwereemployedrespectivelyforXRDandTEMexperiments.ThesamplesforXRDweremechanicallypolishedtomirrorsurfaee.Ontheotherhand,formakingTEMsamples,thepiecescutfromtheribbonwerethinnedto30μmthicknessfirst,thenpunchedout3mmdiscs,electrothinnedinamixedsolutionof10%perchloricacidand90%ethanolandfinally,thediscswereionmilledtoextendthethinarea.HeliumionirradiationofsampleswascarriedoutonTS51-200/ZKionimplanterinChinaInstituteofAtomicEnergy.ThesampleswerefixedonacopperholderwhichwascooledbyF-113coolant.Thevacuumintargetwasbetterthan3×10-3Paandthescanningareaofionbeamwasabout3×7cm.Thetemperatureridingofthesamplescausedbyionbeambombardmentwasmeasuredbythermalcouple.Undertheirradiationparametersofionbeamenergy100keVandionbeamcurrentdensity6μA/cm2,thetemperaturerisingofsampleswaslowerthan200℃.Theiondosesofimplantedsampleswerechosenfrom5×10￣16/cm2to1×10￣18/cm2inpresentexperiment.AJEOL-100CXTEMoperatedat100kVwasused.Thecalculatedmeanprojectrangeandrangestragghngofheliumionwithenergy100keVinthematerialwere306.9nmand85.5nmrespectively,whichwassimulatedbycodeTRIM86.2.Results2.1CrystallizationunderionirradiationTheselectedareadiffraction(SAD)patternsofun-irradiatedandirradiatedsamplesareshowninFig.l.Fortheun-irradiatedsample,thepatterniscomposedoftwoconcentricringswhichexhibitatypicalamorphousdiffractionfeature(Fig.la).Ontheotherhand,forirradiatedsamples,agroupofnewconcentricringsappearsonthebaseofamorphousdiffractionrings,whichmeanstheoccurrenceofpartialcrystallizationandtheformationofsomenewprecipitationphasesinoriginalamorphousmaterialsbyionirradiation.Withtheincreaseofiondose,theinitialamorpohousdiffractionringsbecomefainterandtheintensitiesofdiffractionringsprodueedbyprecipitatesdevelopehigher.Itisexpectedthatthecrystallizationinsamplesincreaseswiththeincreaseiniondose.Moreover,iftheiondoseislowerthan5×10￣17/cm2,thepatternsshowtypicalpolycrystallinediffractionfeaturewithrandomorientationandveryfinegrains(Figs.lbandlc),butfor1×10￣18/cm2iondose,somebrightspotsarise(Fig.ld),thismeansthatsomerelativelargegrainsformedinsampleunderirradiation.FromtheX-raydiffractogramofthesampleirradiatedbyheliumiontodoseof5×10￣17/cm2,thediffractionpoaksarestillamorpohousfeatureandnonewpeaks.Itispredictedthatthecrystallizationonlyoccursintheprojectedrangeofions.2.2AnalysisofprecipitationphaseFromindexingofdiffractionringsinFig.lbandFig.lc,theprecipitatephaseisanfcccrystallinestructure.InFig.ld,anadditionalbccphaseisfound(ring3,ring5andring8).Thecalculatedlatticeparametersforprecipitatephasesundervariousiondosesareasfollows:5×1016/cm2a=0.412nm(fcc)l×1017/cm2a=0.42lnm(fcc)5×1017/cm2a=0.428nm(fcc)l×1018/cm2a=0.478nm(fcc)a=0.292nm(bcc)UsingASTMindex,itisidentifiedthatthebccphaseisα-Fe(a=0.2866nm).Todeterminethefccprecipitatephase,weinspectedallcompoundswithfcccrystallinestructurecomposedofelementsFe,Ni,SiandB,foundthatthreecompoundsFeSi(a=0.446nm),FeNi3(a=0.353nm)andFe3Si(a=0.564nm),butthemostfavourablecompoundwasFeSi.Therefore,itisassumedthatthepreferentialprecipitatephaseisFeSi,andisfollowedbytheeutectcphaseα-Feundertheheliumionirradiation.2.3HeliumbubbledistributionThemorphologiesofheliumbubblesformedbyagglomerationofimplantedheliumionsareshowninFig.2.Thesmallblackdotspresentbubblesunderbrightfieldwiththeunderfocusingoperation.FromFig.2,itisrevealedthatbubbleslowerthedensity,butinflateinthedimensionwiththeincreaseiniondose.Moreover,underthehigherdosethebubblesjoinedtogether.Fig.3plotsthechangesofdensitiesanddiametersofbubbleswiththeiondose.ItisevidentthatthecriticaldosetoformbubblesinFe38Ni39Si10B13islowerthan5×1016/cm2,whichisslightdifferentfrom1×1017/cm2reportedbyTyagi[1].3.DiscussionAstheresultsreportedbyGusevaandGordeeva[4],theheliumirradiationcantrulybringonthepartialcrystallizationinmetallicglassFe38Ni39Si10B13belowitsordinarythermalcrystallizationtemperature.GusevaandGordeevaconfirmedthattheprecipitatesinFe40Ni40B20wasα-Fephaseunderheliumionirradiationof40keVenergyand5μA/cm2currentdensity,inwhichthetemperaturerisingofthesampleswaslowerthan200℃.Howerve,inpresentexperiment,thoughα-Fephaseisdetermined,notraceofM3B,M2BandMBprecipitatephaseisobserved,whichwasreportedbyaboveauthorsunderirradiationwithenergyof40keVandioncurrentdensityof30μA/cm2.Inaddition,theprecipitationprocessinpresentexperimentissomewhatdifferentfromtheprecipitationprocessreportedbyaboveauthors,thepreferentialprecipitationphaseisFeSi,andfollowedbytheeutecticphaseα-Fe.CrystallizationofamorphousFe40Ni40B20wasnotobservedbyTyagi,whichwasthesamematerialasthatusedbyGusevaandGordeeva,undertheirradiationwith100keVionenergyand30μA/cm2ioncurrentdensity[3].Itmayrelatetothetemperaturerisingofsamplesorsomethingelse.Accordingtothecomparisonand

Key words: Fe38Ni39Si10B13, metallic glass, crystallization, helium, ion irradiation