Hardening of Vanadium Doped with Nitrogen by Heavy Ion Irradiation and Post-Irradiation Annealing

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn STP 1405, Issue , 2001, Pages 746-761

  Nagasaka, Takuya ^a   Takahashi, Hiroyuki ^b   Muroga, Takeo ^a   Yoshida, Naoaki ^c   Tanabe, Tetsuo ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FUSION SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

irradiation hardening; micro indentation test; nitrogen effect; radiation anneal hardening; Vanadium

Indexed keywords

HARDENING; HEAVY IONS; ION BOMBARDMENT; VANADIUM;

ANNEAL HARDENING; COLD WORKED; HEAVY IONS IRRADIATIONS; IRRADIATION HARDENING; MICRO-INDENTATION TESTS; NITROGEN CONTENT; NITROGEN EFFECTS; POSTIRRADIATION ANNEALING; RADIATION ANNEAL HARDENING; VANADIUM DOPED;

NITROGEN;

EID: 3342964486     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/STP10569S     Document Type: Conference Paper

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