Comparison of the Relative Importance of Helium and Vacancy Accumulation in Void Nucleation
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Void nucleation in irradiated austenitic stainless steels generally requires the presence of either residual or transmutant gases. Classical nucleation rates are much too low to account for the number of voids observed at temperatures greater than about 450/sup 0/C. An alternate path is generally believed to be responsible for void formation; viz. the growth of gas-stabilized bubbles until they reach a critical size beyond which further gas accumulation is not required to promote growth. Two li…
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Date:
June 1, 1986
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Stoller, R. E. & Odette, G. R.
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