TY - JOUR
T1 - Radiation damage in pure and helium-doped α-Al2O3 in the HVEM Quantitative aspects of void and aluminium precipitate formation
AU - Pells Aere, G. P.
AU - Shikama, T.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to extend thanks to Dr. M. J. Makin and members of his group for help in using the HVEM facilities, and also to Drs. Makin, D. J. Mazey and A. D. Marwick for helpful discussions. This work was partly supported by a contract from the Euratom/UKAEA Fusion Association.
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PY - 1983/5
Y1 - 1983/5
N2 - Single crystal α-Al2O3, both pure and helium-doped, has been irradiated with 1 MV electrons in a HVEM at several temperatures in the range 880–1130 K. Voids and aluminium precipitates were found to form after electron doses of ∼ 17 and ∼40 MC m−2, respectively. The number and size distribution of both voids and aluminium precipitates were determined, and the volume fraction of both kinds of defect were found to follow a power law of dose with an exponent of 0·5–0·6. An activation energy for void formation of 0·96 ± 0·1 eV was obtained, and void swelling was found to be only slightly increased by helium doping. The activation energy for aluminium precipitate formation was found to be 1·35 ± 0·15 eV.
AB - Single crystal α-Al2O3, both pure and helium-doped, has been irradiated with 1 MV electrons in a HVEM at several temperatures in the range 880–1130 K. Voids and aluminium precipitates were found to form after electron doses of ∼ 17 and ∼40 MC m−2, respectively. The number and size distribution of both voids and aluminium precipitates were determined, and the volume fraction of both kinds of defect were found to follow a power law of dose with an exponent of 0·5–0·6. An activation energy for void formation of 0·96 ± 0·1 eV was obtained, and void swelling was found to be only slightly increased by helium doping. The activation energy for aluminium precipitate formation was found to be 1·35 ± 0·15 eV.
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U2 - 10.1080/01418618308236544
DO - 10.1080/01418618308236544
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0020846198
VL - 48
SP - 779
EP - 794
JO - Philosophical Magazine A: Physics of Condensed Matter, Structure, Defects and Mechanical Properties
JF - Philosophical Magazine A: Physics of Condensed Matter, Structure, Defects and Mechanical Properties
SN - 0141-8610
IS - 5
ER -