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The Effect of Ion Irradiation on Inert Gas Bubble Mobility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Dale E. Alexander
Affiliation:
Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439
R. C. Birtcher
Affiliation:
Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439
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Abstract

The effect of Al ion irradiation on the mobility of Xe gas bubbles in Al thin films was investigated. Transmission electron microscopy was used to determine bubble diffusivities in films irradiated and/or annealed at 673K, 723K and 773K. Irradiation increased bubble diffusivity by a factor of 2–9 over that due to thermal annealing alone. The Arrehnius behavior and dose rate dependence of bubble diffusivity are consistent with a radiation enhanced diffusion phenomenon affecting a volume diffusion mechanism of bubble transport.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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