Possible mechanism of homogeneous nucleation, growth and annealing of interstitial-type dislocation loops in pure FCC metals

Autor: O. A. Zalukovskaya, V. I. Protasov, V. G. Chudinov
Rok vydání: 1987
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Zdroj: Radiation Effects. 103:141-147
ISSN: 0033-7579
DOI: 10.1080/00337578708221248
Popis: By the molecular dynamics technique (MDT) it is shown that tri-interstitials with orthogonal orientation of the dumbbell axes are nuclei for interstitial type dislocation loops. These nuclei occur uniformly throughout the whole volume, grow and then form large loops with an a/3〈 l11 〉 Burgers vector. It is concluded that under irradiation loops cannot be generated above the annealing temperature of a tri-interstitial. At ∼ 0.5T mclt the loops transform into octahedra limited by Shockley stacking faults and by stair rod dislocations with the a/6〈 110 〉 and a/6〈 002 〉 Burgers vectors. Emission of single interstitials is not observed up to 0. 7T mclt
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