Influence of neutron irradiation on dislocation structure and phase composition of Zr-base alloys

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1295, Issue , 1996, Pages 603-622

  Shishov, Vyatcheslav N ^a   Nikulina, Antonina V ^a   Markelov, Vladimir A ^a   Peregud, Mikhail M ^a   Kozlov, Alexander V ^b   Averin, Sergey A ^b   Kolbenkov, Stanislav A ^b   Novoselov, Andrey E ^c  

^a Bochvar All Russia Research Institute for Inorganic Materials (VNIINM)   (Russian Federation)

^b Sverdlovsk Branch   (Russian Federation)

^c V I Lenin Sci Res Inst Atom R   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Composition; Dislocations; Grains; Irradiation growth; Loops; Neutron irradiation; Precipitates; Zirconium alloys

Indexed keywords

AMORPHIZATION; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; METALLOGRAPHIC PHASES; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; NUCLEAR FUEL CLADDING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY);

BURGERS VECTOR; DISLOCATION LOOPS;

ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0030291013     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp16192s     Document Type: Article

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