Correlation of hardening and microstructure of tantalum irradiated with heavy ions

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1366, 2000, Pages 1186-1196

  Muroga, Takeo ^a   Yasunaga, Kazufumi ^b   Katoh, Yutai ^c   Watanabe, Hideo ^d   Yoshida, Naoaki ^d   Noda, Nobuaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FUSION SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY IONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; ION BOMBARDMENT; MICROHARDNESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; RADIATION HARDENING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MICRO-INDENTATION TECHNIQUE;

TANTALUM;

EID: 0034484380     PISSN: 10403094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp12463s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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