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Low-temperature electron irradiation and annealing in pure magnesium

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5228057· OSTI ID:5228057
In this study of magnesium after 1.0 MeV electron irradiations at 1.55/sup 0/K, it has been observed that the damage production rate in Mg is (3.57 +- 0.03) x 10/sup -26/ ..cap omega..cm/(e/sup -/ cm/sup 2/). There is no evidence for thermal annealing up to 4/sup 0/K. The low temperature recovery in magnesium is found to consist of two broad substages between 4 to 14/sup 0/K, both of which exhibit evidence for correlated and uncorrelated recovery processes. The two substages are found to have very different frequency factors for annealing, and there is evidence that the recovery processes in the second substage are influenced by those in the first. A model for recovery is proposed using the split configuration in the plane which explains the first substage as being due to interstitial migration in the basal plane and the second to migration perpendicular to the plane.
Research Organization:
Illinois Univ., Urbana (USA). Dept. of Physics
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76ER01198
OSTI ID:
5228057
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/01198-1373; ON: DE82011775
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English