Contribution of thermal neutrons to radiation hardening of pure copper |
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Authors: | S.A Fabritsiev A.S Pokrovsky |
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Affiliation: | a D.V. Efremov Scientific Research Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus, Sovetsky pr.1, Metallostroy, 196641 St. Petersburg, Russia b Scientific Research Institute of Atomic Reactors, 433510 Dimitrovgrad, Russia |
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Abstract: | The paper presents the results of an experiment the aim of which was to estimate directly the effect of the thermal neutron fluence on pure copper hardening. Identical specimens were irradiated in two reactors (SM-2 and RBT-6) in the dose range 10−3-10−1 dpa at Tirr=80 °C under substantially different, by a factor of 5, thermal neutron fluences, with other irradiation parameters being close. The results show that the elevated thermal fluence in the SM-2 reactor increases the radiation hardening of pure copper by 50% at a dose of about 10−3 dpa as compared with specimens irradiated in the RBT-6 reactor. The contribution of thermal neutrons proved to be much more considerable than the theoretical estimates. |
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Keywords: | C1000 N0100 R0100 |
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