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Correlation of blister diameter and blister skin thickness for helium-bombarded V

Journal Article · · J. Appl. Phys.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.324493· OSTI ID:6793609
A correlation of the most probable blister diameter D/sub mp/ and mean blister skin thickness t for helium-ion-irradiated annealed polycrystalline and monocrystalline V (100) surfaces yields a relationship D/sub mp/proportionalt/sup 0.89/. This relationship is different from the relationship D/sub mp/proportionalt/sup 1.5/ suggested by other authors for vanadium. The relationship observed in the present studies does not support the lateral stress model for blister formation, which predicts D/sub mp/proportionalt/sup 1.5/. Evidence is presented for blister formation by internal gas pressure, as suggested earlier by the present authors.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439
OSTI ID:
6793609
Journal Information:
J. Appl. Phys.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Appl. Phys.; (United States) Vol. 49:11; ISSN JAPIA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English