Oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) steels are considered as potential candidates for high temperature applications in fusion reactors be-cause of their excellent thermal creep behavior. In the present work, the double-target magnetron co-sputtering method was recommended to prepare yttria dispersed ferrum films. Vacuum annealing and ion irradiation were carried out to study the surface topography and structural features of the prepared yttria dispersed ferrum samples. Experiments proved that while the yttria doping ratio in the ferrum film increases, the recrystallization temperature of the film will be enhanced and the sputtering damage by Xenon ion irradiation will be lowered. The sput-tering resistance of the obtained films would be improved with the growing of grains under vacuum annealing.
Yttria (Y) dispersed ferrum (Fe) films were prepared by a double-target magnetron co-sputtering method. Vacuum annealing and xenon ion irradiation were conducted to investigate the influence on the magnetic and mechanical properties of the films. The crystal grain growth mechanism and second phase precipitation mechanism were conducted simultaneously in the vacuum annealing process. These two effects led to an opposite variation of nano-hardness and coercivity in the films. Xenon ion irradiation played a role in rapid annealing, which also affected the magnetic performance of the yttria dispersed ferrum films.
The Cu-containing steels are widely used for nuclear pressure vessel materials because of their good performance under high pressure and high temperature. In this article, magnetron sputtering was used to prepare iron films with various Cu contents. The samples were annealed at temperature range of 300–500 °C, and the structural,mechanical, and magnetic properties were studied. The results show that both hardness and modulus change along with copper content and annealing temperature. The change in coercivity after annealing is similar to that of hardness. The crystal grain growth in matrix ferrum and Cu precipitation during annealing influences both the mechanical and magnetic properties.
