Nanostructural evolution in surveillance test specimens of a commercial nuclear reactor pressure vessel studied by three-dimensional atom probe and positron annihilation

Acta Materialia

Volumn 55, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 6852-6860

  Toyama, T ^a   Nagai, Y ^a   Tang, Z ^b   Hasegawa, M ^a,b   Almazouzi, A ^c   van Walle, E ^c   Gerard, R ^d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^d TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Embrittlement; Nanostructure; Positron annihilation (PAL); Three dimensional atom probe (3D AP)

Indexed keywords

EMBRITTLEMENT; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION; VACANCIES;

POSITRON ANNIHILATION (PAL); SURVEILLANCE TEST; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ATOM PROBE (3D-AP); VACANCY CLUSTERS;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

EID: 35748972046     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2007.08.047     Document Type: Article

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