Radiation-disorder and aperiodicity in irradiated ceramics. Final technical report, 22 June 1989--21 June 1992

Technical Report · Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10151528· OSTI ID:10151528

Hobbs, L W

This final technical report documents the accomplishments of the program of research entitled ``Radiation Disorder and Aperiodicity in Irradiated Ceramics`` for the period June 22, 1989--June 21, 1992. This research forms the latest part on an on-going program, begun at MIT in 1983 under DOE support, which has had as its objectives investigation of the responses in radiation environments of ceramics heavily-irradiated with electrons, neutrons and ions, with potential applications to fusion energy technology and high-level nuclear waste storage. Materials investigated have included SiO{sub 2}, MgAl{sub 2}O{sub 4}, Al{sub 23}O{sub 27}N{sub 5}, SiC, BeO, LiAlO{sub 2}, Li{sub 2}ZrO{sub 3}, CaTiO{sub 3}KTaO{sub 3} and Ca(Zr, Pu)Ti{sub 2}O{sub 7}. The program initially proposed for 1989 had as its major objectives two main thrusts: (1) research on defect aggregation in irradiated non-oxide ceramics, and (2) research on irradiation-induced amorphization of network silicas and phosphates.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-89ER45396
• OSTI ID: 10151528
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/45396-3; ON: DE92015051
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: [1992]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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