Nano-scale quasi-melting of alkali-borosilicate glasses under electron irradiation

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Volumn 396, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 264-271

  Möbus, Günter ^a   Ojovan, Michael ^a   Cook, Stuart ^a   Tsai, Jim ^a   Yang, Guang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOND BREAKING PROCESS; EFFECTIVE VISCOSITY; ELECTRON FLUX; ENERGETIC ELECTRON; GLASSY MATERIALS; LOW-ACTIVATION ENERGY; NANO SCALE; NANO-SIZED PARTICLES; SHAPE MODIFICATION; SHARP BOUNDARIES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BOROSILICATE GLASS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FLUIDIZATION; MELTING; SURFACE TENSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOSITY;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 73449137502     PISSN: 00223115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2009.11.020     Document Type: Article

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