Dynamic annealing of defects in irradiated zirconia-based ceramics

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 593-597

  Devanathan, Ram ^a   Weber, William J ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CRYSTAL LATTICES; DEFECTS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; YTTRIA STABILIZED ZIRCONIA;

DAMAGE RECOVERY; DYNAMIC ANNEALING; SUBLATTICE;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 41449113189     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2008.0104     Document Type: Article

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