Effects of neutron irradiation on Fe-Cu model alloys and RPV steels probed by positron annihilation and hardness measurements

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1366, 2000, Pages 560-578

  Hempel, Angela ^a   Saneyasu, Masaaki ^a   Tang, Zheng ^a   Hasegawa, Masayuki ^a   Brauer, Gerhard ^b   Plazaola, Fernando ^c   Yamaguchi, Sadae ^a   Kano, Fumihisa ^d   Kawai, Akio ^d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE HARDENING; ANNEALING; MICROHARDNESS; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; PRESSURE VESSELS; RADIATION HARDENING; VICKERS HARDNESS TESTING;

MICROVOIDS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION;

STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 0034479384     PISSN: 10403094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp12415s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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