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Correlation between blister skin thickness, the maximum in the damage- energy distribution, and projected ranges of He$sup +$ ions in metals: Nb

Journal Article · · Appl. Phys. Lett., v. 27, no. 10, pp. 521-523
OSTI ID:4179853
The skin thicknesses of blisters formed on niobium by helium-ion irradiation at room temperature for energies from 100 to 1500 keV have been measured. The projected ranges of helium ions in Nb for this energy range were calculated using either Brice's formalism or the one given by Schiott. For the damage-energy distribution Brice's formalism was used. The measured skin- thickness values corrleate more closely with the maxima in the projected-range probability distributions than with the maxima in the damage-energy distributions. The results are consistent with our model for blister formation and rupture proposed earlier.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439
NSA Number:
NSA-33-003635
OSTI ID:
4179853
Journal Information:
Appl. Phys. Lett., v. 27, no. 10, pp. 521-523, Journal Name: Appl. Phys. Lett., v. 27, no. 10, pp. 521-523; ISSN APPLA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English