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Title: Diaelastic effect of self-interstitials in Fe

Journal Article · · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (United States)
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  1. Physics Department and Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801 (United States)
  2. The Aerospace Corporation, M2/248, P.O. Box 92957, Los Angeles, California 90009 (United States)

Ultrasound is used to study the production and annealing of the diaelastic effect in Fe. Frenkel pairs created by 2.3-MeV-electron bombardment cause the shear moduli, [ital C][prime] and [ital C][sub 44], to soften by ([minus]27[plus minus]2)% and ([minus]17[plus minus]4)%, per at. % pair, if resistivity per at. % pair is 20 [mu][Omega] cm. Smaller diaelastic effects were expected theoretically, given the high migration energy of self-interstitials in Fe. The magnitudes are of the same order as for Cu, but the observed anisotropy matches that detected in Mo, the only other bcc metal tested.

DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76ER01198
OSTI ID:
7368904
Journal Information:
Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (United States), Vol. 48:5; ISSN 0163-1829
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English