Preliminary experimental study on Hot Isostatic Pressing diffusion bonding for CLAM/CLAM

Compatibility of CLAM steel weldments with static LiPb alloy at 550°C

“…Refs. [8][9][10][11] show that due to the welding process applied to CLAM steel, local areas with unbalanced structural stress are distributed uniformly along the weld seam and therefore the corrosion morphology of a CLAM steel weldment is manifested as what is shown in Fig. 2b.…”

“…However, the microstructure of the base metal and the distribution of stress are heavily modified during the solidification of fusion welded metals. Significant differences in microstructure and macroscopic properties are observed between the welds and the base metal in CLAM steel [8][9][10][11]. Thick martensite lath and large residual stress in welding zone make the weld zone at higher risk for corrosion than the base metal, and therefore the corrosion resistance of welded CLAM steel requires significant additional research.…”

Swelling of CLAM steel irradiated by electron/helium to 17.5dpa with 10appm He/dpa

“…CLAM (China Low Activation Martensitic) steel was started eight years ago at ASIPP (Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) under wide collaboration with other institutes and universities in China [1,[5][6][7][8][9]. And CLAM is chosen as the candidate structure material of the FDS series fusion reactors [10][11][12] and ITER liquid LiPb Test Blanket Module of China [14,15].…”

Effect of Vanadium on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of TIG Weld Joint of China Low Activation Martensitic Steel

“…The tensile strength of CLAM steel is about 640 MPa. The experimental results show that the tensile strength of the weld with 0 %V wire without PWHT is Charpy Impact Test (CIT) simulates the force loading conditions of workpiece in another way to measure the notch sensitivity (toughness) of the metallic materials [12]. At room temperature, the impact absorbed energy of the parent material is about 250 J, the impact absorbed energy of all specimens is far lower than the parent material.…”