Effect of neutron irradiation upon the superconducting critical temperature of some transition-metal carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides

Journal Article · Thu May 15 00:00:00 EDT 1980 · Appl. Phys. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.91349· OSTI ID:5397968

Dew-Hughes, D; Jones, R

Samples of TiN, NbC, and Nb(CN) have been irradiated to various neutron doses in the Brookhaven High Flux Beam Reactor. Their superconducting critical temperatures are reduced at a rate which is much less than that for similarly irradiated high-T/sub c/ A15 superconductors. A dose of 1.5 x 10/sup 20/ n/cm/sup 2/ (E>1 MeV) causes a reduction in T/sub c/ of 6--27%. This reduction may be explained in terms of the production of metal-lattice vacancies.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
• OSTI ID: 5397968
• Journal Information: Appl. Phys. Lett.; (United States), Vol. 36:10
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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