Physics of Irradiation Effects in Metals: (Volumes 97-99 Materials Science Forum)

The book presents our present understanding of the basic physical processes in irradiated metals. All papers have been reviewed prior to publishing.

Table of Contents:
Preface Displacement Cascades in Metals Mechanisms of Defect Production and Atomic Mixing in High Energy Displacement Cascades: A Molecular Dynamics Study Freely-Migrating Defects: Their Production and Interaction with Cascade Remnants Evolution of Defect Cluster Distributions during Irradiation Role of Interstitial Clustering and Production Bias in Defect Accumulation during Irradiation at Elevated Temperatures Dislocation Motion Influence on Bias Factor in Binary Alloys under Irradiation Cascade Localization Induced Bias Effect for Void Growth Radiation Damage Cascades: The Liquid Drop Model with the Lattice at Finite Temperature Computer Simulation of Radiation Damage Processes in Stressed Metals Collision Cascades as Multifractals The Modified Two-Interstitial Model Correlation of High-Energy Particle Irradiation by Use of the Recoil Energy Spectrum Fraction of Freely Migrating Defects in Metals under Ion Irradiation at Elevated Temperatures In Situ Observation of Heavy Ion Radiation Damage in some FCC Metals Cascade Effects Revealed by Low-Energy Ion Irradiations of Copper and Gold The Interaction of HVEM-Generated Point-Defects with Dissociated Dislocations Dislocation Evolution in Unalloyed V and V-5%Ti Alloy Doped with Boron Vacancy Clusters in Irradiated Metals Studied by Positron Annihilation Technique A New Method to Study the Interaction of Irradiation Induced Point Defects with Structural Sinks in Metals Radiation Induced Structural Changes in α-Cu-Zn Alloys The Recovery of the Electrical Resistivity of Transition Metal Silicides after Low-Temperature Electron-Irradiation Simulation of Displacement Cascade Collapse in HCP-Zirconium Radiation-Altered Phase Stability Instability of Solid Solutions under Irradiation Radiation Induced Phase Separation in Fe-Based Copper Containing Alloys Evolution of Second-Phase Precipitates during Irradiation with Neutrons and Charged Particles Nucleation and Growth of Precipitates of New Phases under Cascade Damage Radiation Defects and Instability of Ni-S Alloys Microchemistry of Neutron Irradiated 12%CrMoVNb Martensitic Steel Microstructural Features of Embrittlement in Irradiated Steels and Alloys Radiation Damage Microstructure of Cr-Mo-V-Type Ferritic Steel Phase Diagrams of Binary Alloys under Cascade-Producing Irradiation Electron Irradiation Effects on Cu Precipitation in Iron-Based Dilute Alloys Effects of Damage Rate and/or He/DPA Ratio on Microstructural Evolution in Ion Irradiated Austenitic Steel Small Angle X-Ray Scattering of Helium Bubbles in Nickel Influence of Carbon and Titanium on Helium Bubble Microstructure in Nickel under Helium Ion Bombardment Positron Annihilation and Mössbauer Studies of Neutron Irradiated Reactor Pressure Vessel Steels Cr Distribution Effects and Swelling Resistance of Manet Steel Mössbauer Study of Irradiation Effect in Ni8057Fe1P19 Amorphous Alloys Fundamental Problems of Materials Research for Fusion Tensile and Irradiation Creep Properties of Austenitic Stainless Steels for First Wall Alloys for Near-Term Fusion Devices Investigation and Simulation of Radiation Damage in Metals by Charged Particle Beams Helium in Metals: Effect on Mechanical Properties Effects of Helium Implantation Rate on Microstructure and Helium Embrittlement A Study of Swelling in Dispersion-Strengthened Copper Alloys Irradiafion Creep by Climb-Enabled Glide Driven by Transient Point Defect Processes Point-Defect Migration to Cracks during Irradiation Texture-Based Plasticity Modelling of Biaxial Creep of Zircaloy Cladding: Application to In-Reactor Prediction Synergistic Effects of Interstitial-Impurity-Atoms and Radiation-Induced Defects on Deformation and Fracture Characteristics of Ferritic Steels Survey of Irradiation Embrittlement Effects on the Mechanical Properties of Alloyed Steels Improvement of the Mechanical and Frictional Properties of Steels by Continuous and Pulsed Ion Irradiation Radiation Damage Studies with Intermediate Energy Protons Irradiation of Metallic Targets with High-Energy Heavy Ions: High Electronic Excitation Induced Effects Phase Transformations in Metallic Targets Submitted to Very High Electronic Excitations In which Metals are High Electronic Excitations Able to Create Damage? Contribution of Electronic Energy Losses to Radiation Damage in Austenitic Alloys High-Energy Heavy-Ion Irradiation of Pure Gallium Defect Recovery in FCC Metals Irradiated with 0.5-126 MeV Energetic Ions Transient Magnetic Fields under Heavy-Ion Bombardment of Ferromagnetic Solids Plastic Flow of Amorphous Materials Induced by Swift Heavy Ions Effects of Electronic Energy Loss in Amorphous Fe-B Alloy Irradiated with High-Energy Heavy Ions Impurity Profile Modification Induced in Amorphous Metallic Alloys by High-Energy Heavy-Ion Irradiation A Possible Mechanism of Formation of Radiation Defects in Amorphous Metals Bombarded with High-Energy Heavy Ions High-Energy Ar, Ne and B Irradiation Effects in Copper Damage of Monocrystalline Si, GaP and W Produced by Swift Heavy Ions Energetic Heavy-Ion Irradiation Effects Studied by Mössbauer Spectroscopy Mössbauer Study of Steel Irradiated with Energetic Heavy Ions New Cross-Section Method for Investigation of Heavy-Ion Irradiation Effects Radiation Damage of Molybdenum by High-Energy Light Charged Particles Three Regimes of Fast Particle Movement in Metals and in other Crystalline Solids: Kinetic Effects Irradiation Effects in Surface Layers of Aluminium Alloys and Austenitic Steels Sputtering of Aluminium Alloys by Bombardment with 0.5 keV Neon Ions Sputtering Stability of Light Alloys Sputtering Dynamics of Au and U3O8 Layers under Fission Fragment Irradiation Ion-Beam Simulation of Surface and Bulk Radiation Effects in Fusion Reactor Materials Cascadeless Radiation Effects in Thin Films on Metal Surfaces Theoretical Study of the Ion Irradiation of Periodically Inhomogeneous Metal Targets in Glow Discharges Macroscopic Surface Deformations on Ni Single Crystal Induced by High Dose MeV Energy He Implantation The Analysis of Neutron-Induced Transmutation and Activation in Nuclear Materials 'Activa' Software for Estimation of Nuclear Transmutations of Elements under Neutron Irradiation Summary of the Discussion Session on Atomic Scale Probes for Investigation of Defects and Defect Clusters Summary of the Round-Table Discussion on the Effect of Electronic Energy Losses of Energetic Ions on Defect Production and its Consequences Summary of the Round-Table Discussion on Simulation and Correlation Summary of the Plenary Discussion Session on the Formation of Defect Structures in Metals during Irradiation