Papers by Author: Tadaaki Shikama

Abstract: Radiation induced changes in electrical properties of calcium-zirconium-indium oxide ceramics (CaZr0.9In0.1O3-d) were investigated using a fission reactor of Japan Materials Testing Reactor (JMTR). Electrical conductivity of CaZr0.9In0.1O3-d under the reactor irradiation increased by the Radiation Induced Conductivity (RIC), Radiation Induced Electromotive Force (RIEMIF)and Radiation Induced Electrical Degradation (RIED), caused by the electronic excitation. The RIC and the RIEMF decreased gradually for the constant value of the reactor power with the increase of irradiation time. Moreover, it was confirmed by Post-irradiation Examination (PIE) experiments that the initial electrical and thermal properties were completely degraded by the irradiation. These radiation effects are attributed to point defects or their clusters produced by atomic displacements caused by neutron collisions and also by the radiolysis.

Abstract: Precipitation of disordered bcc Co (A2) particles has been investigated in Co-rich B2 ordered Co-Al-Fe and Co-Al alloys by means of a macroscopic composition gradient method using a transmission electron microscope. When Co-Al-Fe ternary and Co-Al binary alloys were annealed at 823-1023K for a relatively short time, bcc disordered particles precipitated within B2 ordered matrix, followed by the formation of equilibrium fcc α-Co (A1) on the phase boundaries. The precipitation limit of metastable A2 phase was evaluated using the binary and ternary specimens with macroscopic compositional gradient. As a result, it was found that the limits are located within the equilibrium A1+B2 two-phase fields in both ternary and binary alloy systems, and that the limit curve on the isothermal section at 923K for Co-Al-Fe system successfully connects with the phase boundary of A2+B2 two-phase field at the Co-Fe binary side of the ternary system.