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Fusion Engineering and Design 82 (2007) 2683–2688 Effects of addition of yttrium on properties and microstructure for China Low Activation Martensitic (CLAM) steel Yanfen Li a,, Qunying Huang a , Yican Wu a , Yongnan Zhengb , Yi Zuo b , Shengyun Zhub a Institute of Plasma Phyiscs, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 1126, Hefei 230031, Anhui, China b China Institute of Atomic Energy, P.O. Box 275-50, Beijing 102413, China Received 31 July 2006; received in revised form 25 July 2007; accepted 25 July 2007 Available online 17 September 2007 Abstract The effects of yttrium on properties and microstructure for China Low Activation Martensitic (CLAM) steel have been investigated. The tensile test shows that the addition of 0.2% yttrium decreases the strength of CLAM steel before irradiation. The results obtained by positron annihilation lifetime measurements of the CLAM, F82H and T91 steels irradiated by 80 MeV 19F ions to 10 dpa demonstrate that the irradiation resistant property of CLAM steel with yttrium is much better than that of other two steels. The SEM and TEM observations suggest the addition of yttrium both refines the martensitic lath structure and leads to the precipitation of big Y2Fe17C0.75 compound. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: CLAM; Yttrium; Tensile experiment; 19F ion irradiation; Positron annihilation spectroscopy 1. Introduction To ensure the feasibility and safety of fusion energy systems employing RAFM steel, there are still sev- Reduced activated ferritic/martensitic (RAF