DOE/ER-0313/19 - Volume 19
Semiannual Progress Report
December 31, 1995

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1_VANADIUM ALLOYS

1. Development of Laser Welding Techniques for Vanadium Alloys, R. V. Strain, K. H. Leong, and D. L. Smith (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 3-4.
2. Production and Fabrication of Vanadium Alloys for the Radiative Divertor Program of DIII-D,W. R. Johnson, J. P. Smith, and R. D. Stambaugh (General Atomics), pp. 5-11.
3. Physical Properites of O- and N-Containing V-Cr-Ti Alloys, J.-H. Park, D. Kupperman, E. T. Park, and G. Dragel (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 12-16.
4. Tensile Properties of V-(4-5)Cr-(4-5)Ti Alloys, H. M. Chung, L. Nowicki, D. Busch, and D. L. Smith (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 17-21.
5. Effect of Heat Treatment on Precipitation in V-5Cr-5Ti Heat BL63, D. S. Gelles and Huaxin Li (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 22-28.
6. Kinetics of Recovery and Recrystallization of the Large Heat of V-4Cr-4Ti, A. N. Gubbi, A. F. Rowcliffe, W. S. Eatherly, and L. T. Gibson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 29-36.
7. Effect of Cr and Ti Contents on the Recovery, Recrystallization, and Mechanical Properties of Vanadium Alloys, A. N. Gubbi, A. F. Rowcliffe, D. J. Alexander, m. L. Grossbeck, W. S. Eatherly, and L. T. Gibson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 37-43.
8. Effect of Specimen Size on the Fracture Toughness of V-4Cr-4Ti, R. J. Kurtz (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Huaxin Lin (Associated Western Universities-Northwest Division), and R. H. Jones (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 44-49.
9. Effect of Oxygen and Oxidation on Tensile Behavior of V-5Cr-5Ti, K. Natesan and W. K. Soppet (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 50-53.
10. Chemical and Mechanical Interactions of Interstitials with Vanadium Alloys, J. R. DiStefano, L. D. Chitwood, and J. H. DeVan (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 54-58.
11. Solubility of Hydrogen in V-4Cr-4Ti and Lithium, J.-H. Park, G. Dragel, R. A. Erck, and D. L. Smith (Argonne National Laboratory) and R. E. Buxbaum (Michigan State University), pp. 59-62.
12. Hydrogen Uptake in Vanadium First Wall Structures, E. P. Simonen and R. H. Jones (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 63-67.
13. Corrosion of V and V-Base Alloys in High-Temperature Water, I. M. Purdy, P. T. Toben, and T. F. Kassner (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 68-72.
14. CaO Insulator and Be Intermetallic Coatings on V-Base Alloys for Liquid-Lithium Fusion Blanket Applications, J.-H. Park and T. F. Kassner (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 73-76.
15. Effect of Dynamically Charged Helium on Tensile Properties of V-5Ti, V-4Cr-4Ti, and V-3Ti-1Si, H. M. Chung, B. A. Loomis, L. Nowicki, and D. L. Smith (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 77-82.
16. Density Decrease in Vanadium-Base Alloys Irradiated in the Dynamic Helium Charging Experiment, H. M. Chung, T. M. Galvin, and D. L. Smith (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 83-87.
17. Microstructural Evolution of V-4Cr-4Ti During Ion Irradiation at 200°C, J. Gazda and M. Meshii (Northwestern University), and B. A. Loomis and H. M. Chung (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 88-91.
18. Unusual Response of the Binary V-2Si Alloy to Neutron Irradiation in FFTF At 430-600°C, S. Ohnuki, H. Konoshita (Hokkaido University), F. A. Garner (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), and H. Takahashi (Hokkaido University), p.92.
19. Transmutation-Induced Embrittlement of V-Ti-Ni and V-Ni alloys in HFIR, S. Ohnuki and H. Takahashi (Hokkaido University), F. A. Garner (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), J. E. Pawel (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), K. shiba and A. Hishinuma (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute), pp. 93-94.