Atom probe tomography data collection from DIN 1.4970 (15-15Ti) austenitic stainless steel irradiated with Fe ions

This dataset comprises a large collection of atom probe tomography datasets collected from DIN 1.4970 alloy that was irradiated with Fe ions at different conditions. The DIN 1.4970 alloy is an austenitic stainless steel with 15 wt% Cr, 15 wt% Ni, a small addition of Ti. The full composition and characterization of our material can be found published elsewhere [1,2].

Some of our material was subjected to ageing heat treatments at different temperatures for different times. Small samples of our original material and aged material was irradiated at the Michigan Ion Beam Laboratory in 2017 with 4.5 MeV Fe ions up to 40 dpa at an average dose rate of \(2 \times 10^{-4}\) dpa/s. This was done at three different temperatures: 300, 450, and 600 ºC. Atom probe samples were made of the irradiated layers (approximately 1.5 micron deep) with focused ion beam and mounted on Microtip coupons. APT measurements took place on three CAMECA LEAP-HR systems located at CAES in Idaho Falls, USA (files beginning with R33), at Montanuniversität Leoben in Leoben, Austria (R21) and at Friedrich–Alexander University in Erlangen, Germany (R56).

The contents of this archive are:

• A folder containing the raw RHIT files
• A folder containing all the reconstructions and miscelaneous analysis files made by the author
• An excel file which indicates which measurement number stands for what material
• A suggested range file

The RHIT files can only be used if one has access to the full IVAS 3.x version in order to make new reconstructions.

The reconstructions and analysis folder can be useful to anyone. The folder buildup structure is similar to a project folder created by IVAS and should be directly importable into IVAS. Most folders are simply named after the RHIT file they were constructed from, though some have slightly modified names to include date of creation, extra information,... Inside all these folders you will find the recons folder and inside multiple reconstructions. At the deepest level you will find .pos files which can be read into free software such as python or 3depict. The range file that will give decent results on all these measurements is given at the top level; slight modifications may need to be applied for each measurement. Inside all folders you will also find numerous files (csv, png, jpg, ...) that were created by analyzing the data in IVAS. Sometimes the file names are very descriptive, sometimes less so. Sometimes these files were not saved to the default analysis folder but elsewhere on my drive. To be complete, I have moved all of these files into the top level folder. Therefore, besides the imagoAnalysis and recons folders, you will sometimes find additional folders and files in the folder. By different merging procedures, there may be multiple copies of the same files present as well. Unfortunately, the reconstructions and analysis folder is rather chaotic, as is the nature of file creation by IVAS.

It is most instructive to start with the excel file at the top level of the archive. The first sheet contains some information, mostly the same as mentioned here. The second sheet pertains to the ion irradiations that were performed. The table colunms are self explanatory. Each irradiated sample was given a particular alias (first column), which relates it to the slot in the storage box in which it is stored. 5 different materials appear in the irradiations:

• T24 = tube, 24% cold worked. This represents the material as it was received from the manufacturer.
• T24-800C2h = the as-received material with an ageing heat treatment of 2 hours for 800 ºC applied.
• T24-600C4h = the as-received material with an ageing heat treatment of 4 hours for 600 ºC applied.
• T24-600C2868h = the as-received material with an ageing heat treatment of 2868 hours for 600 ºC applied.
• T46 = tube 46% cold worked. This represents another material received from the manufacturer
• AIM1 = another related material with a higher P and Si content obtained from another research institute

All these materials were irradiated under different conditions as given in the subsequent columns. The irradiation parameters were drawn directly from reports produced by the lab, but we suspect some typos slipped into the reports. We do know for certain that the samples were irradiated up to a surface dose of 40 dpa, at least according to a SRIM calculation with the K-P model. Atom probe results only pertain to T24 and T24-800C2h. A few measurements were conducted on T24-600C4h material but this material was not irradiated.

The last sheet gives an overview of all the APT measurements included in this archive. The first column pertains to the sample alias in sheet 2: the irradiated disc from which the samples were made. The sample detail column details the history of the sample for convenience: T24 - <heat treatment conditions> - <irradiation conditions>. When in doubt, one can look up the sample alias in sheet 2. The filename pertains to the APT measurement RHIT file. For the 3 measurements performed in Leoben, RHIT files are not included in this archive. Finally a few details such as approximate ion count and some comments are included for some measurements.

Funding: This work was supported by ENGIE [contract number 2015-AC-007 e BSUEZ6900]; the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy under DOE Idaho Operations Office Contract DE-AC07- 051D14517 as part of a Nuclear Science User Facilities experiment; and by the MYRRHA program in development at SCK-CEN, Belgium. Funding of the Austrian BMVIT (846933) in the framework of the program "Production of the future" and the "BMVIT Professorship for Industry" is gratefully acknowledged.

[1] N. Cautaerts, R. Delville, E. Stergar, D. Schryvers, M. Verwerft, Tailoring the Ti-C Nanoprecipitate Population and Microstructure of Titanium Stabilized Austenitic Steels, J. Nucl. Mater. 507 (2018) 177–187. doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2018.04.041.

[2] N. Cautaerts, R. Delville, E. Stergar, D. Schryvers, M. Verwerft, Characterization of (Ti,Mo,Cr)C Nanoprecipitates in an Austenitic Stainless Steel on the Atomic Scale, Acta Mater. 164 (2018) 90–98. doi:10.1016/J.ACTAMAT.2018.10.018.