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New mechanism of the formation of vacancy voids

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: A new mechanism is proposed for the formation of vacancy voids in irradiated metal as being due to the successive development of two types of instabilities in a system of interacting point defects produced by neutron irradiation. The first stage of the void formation process involves the nucleation of local vacancy clusters possessing a high, relative to the surroundings, concentration of defects; the second state involves lattice instability inside such clusters.

Source: Low Temperature Physics

DOI: 10.1063/1.3388823

Authors: Yu. N. Devyatko, O. V. Khomyakov, M. Yu. Kagan

Institutions: National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Russian Academy of Sciences, P.L. Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems

Language: English

Topic: Fusion materials and technologies

Subfield: Materials Chemistry

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2005244774

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Cites: 6

Cited by: 2

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