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The present paper investigated the grain and texture characteristics in a nanostructured oxide dispersion strengthened ferritic steel subjected to friction stir welding. The 'onion rings' structure obviously exhibited in the macrostructure overview of the welds. The electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) work revealed that the 'onion rings' comprised alternate layers made by coarse and fine grains, while no strong texture was exhibited in the alternate layers of the 'onion rings'. Image quality maps of EBSD indicated that layers of fine grains were deformed under high strain conditions. Textures within the stir zone and thermomechanically affected zone were weak and exhibited some characteristics of bcc simple shear textures. Results of grain boundary revealed that the mechanical action in welding process promoted the transformation of low angle to high angle boundaries and contributed to the grain refinement.

Sequential dual-ion irradiation is a useful technique for experimental exploration on the synergistic effects of ion accumulation and cascade damage. In this research, the helium-ion accumulation concomitant with displacement damage induced by helium and iron ions irradiation in China low active martensitic (CLAM) steel was studied by ion-irradiation, transmission electron microscopy and nano-indentation technique. The helium bubbles formed under continuous implantation of helium ions at room temperature and the helium dose forming observed bubbles resolved by TEM clearly in CLAM steel is around 0.7×10 17~ 1.0×10 17 He + /cm 2 under single 100 keV He + irradiation. Significant irradiation hardening was observed in the samples with various ion-and dose-irradiations.Positive correlation between the hardening increment and the helium-ion dose has been established in single helium-ion irradiated samples. On the other hand, the subsequent Fe-ion irradiation greatly promoted the formation and growth of helium bubbles as well as dislocation loops in sequential dual-ion irradiated samples. No significant contribution of the subsequent Fe-ion irradiation on the hardness increment was found for the Sequential dual-ion irradiated samples. It is suggested that the defects recombination, the combination effects of size and density of defects contribute to the degree of irradiation hardening. The calculated hardness increment based on dispersion strengthening model and the experimental microstructure analysis followed the same trend as the experimental nano-indentation data.

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