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Experiments in high voltage electron microscopy. Progress report, October 31, 1979-July 1980

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5135731· OSTI ID:5135731
Radiation effects in alloys and ceramics are reported. There is a variety of effects of irradiation on phase stability in alloys, including radiation-induced and enhanced phase instability, disordering and secondary defect formation in various alloys. In ceramics, the response to irradiation can be even more complex due to considerations of stoichiometry and imbalance in the spectrum of primary defects (anions and cations). These responses are categorized in three ways: (a) the formation of stoichiometric defects (loops and voids), (b) decomposition or precipitation of a second phase, and (c) transition from the crystalline to the amorphous state (amorphization or metamictization).
Research Organization:
Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (USA). Dept. of Metallurgy and Materials Science
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AS02-76ER02119
OSTI ID:
5135731
Report Number(s):
COO-2119-23
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English