Influence of thermal and radiation effects on microstructural and mechanical properties of Nb-1Zr

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Volumn 414, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 286-302

  Leonard, Keith J ^a   Busby, Jeremy T ^a   Zinkle, Steven J ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CAVITY FORMATION; DENSITY CHANGE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; EXPOSURE TIME; GRAIN BOUNDARY PRECIPITATE; HARDENING RESPONSE; INTERGRANULAR FRACTURE; IRRADIATED MATERIALS; IRRADIATED SAMPLES; IRRADIATION-INDUCED DEFECTS; MATRIX; MECHANICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES; MONOCLINIC STRUCTURES; ORIENTATION RELATIONSHIP; STRAIN SOFTENING; TENSILE SPECIMENS; THERMALLY DRIVEN; TOTAL ELONGATIONS; UNIFORM ELONGATION; VOID DENSITY;

AGING OF MATERIALS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELONGATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MATERIALS; PRECIPITATES; RADIATION EFFECTS; STRAIN HARDENING; TENSILE STRENGTH; ZIRCONIA; ZIRCONIUM;

NEUTRON IRRADIATION;

EID: 79960028195     PISSN: 00223115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2011.04.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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