15 MeV neutron damage in Cu and Nb
An investigation was made of high-energy neutron damage in Cu and Nb irradiated with approximately 15 MeV neutrons at the Oak Ridge Isochronous Cyclotron. The neutrons were generated by bombarding a thick Be target with 40- MeV deuterons resulting in a high energy neutron spectrum broadly peaked at 15 MeV. Single crystals of Cu and Nb were irradiated at room temperature to fluences of approximately 2 x 10$sup 17$ n/cm$sup 2$. The resulting loop-type defect clusters in the crystals were characterized using x-ray diffuse scattering and transmission electron microscopy. The cluster size distributions were found to be generally similar to those characteristic of fission neutron irradiations in these materials and no multiple clusters or sub-clusters were observed. Additional comparisons with fission reactor irradiations in Cu and Nb indicate that the retained displacement damage in these crystals is approximately 3 times greater for the high-energy neutrons than for an equivalent fluence of fission neutrons. This result is consistent with detailed damage energy calculations for the Be(d,n) neutron spectrum. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn. (USA)
- NSA Number:
- NSA-33-007867
- OSTI ID:
- 4142865
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-751026--8
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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