Effect of nuclear irradiation on the internal friction and dynamic elastic modulus of stress-graphitized pyrolytic carbon
โ Scribed by P.R. Blankenhorn; D.E. Kline
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1972
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 548 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-6223
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โฆ Synopsis
The effects of room temperature irradiation on the dynamic elastic modulus, E', and the internal friction, Q-l, of graphite have been investigated over a range of reactor radiation doses (-lOI to 10'" nvt-> 50 keV). Well-ordered graphite formed by stress-annealing pyrolytic carbon at high temperatures was used in the experiments. Tests were conducted at audio frequencies in the temperature range from 100" to 650ยฐK. Modulus values increased with dose at all test temperatures. Irradiation to 1.4 X lo'* nvt resulted in a modulus increase by a factor of X 8 in the 100"-400ยฐK range. An inverseannealing peak, present near 500ยฐK at lower doses, became largely masked at higher doses (1.4 X 10" nvt). Results also indicate that threshold for detection of radiationinduced changes is surprisingly low (lo'* nvt or less). This corresponds to a fractional displacement of -10aR atoms/atom. Accompanying changes in the internal friction for various doses are presented and discussed. Results for a Co-60 irradiated specimen are also presented to illustrate that gamma radiation (140 Mrad) produces clearly detectable changes in E'. The overall research indicates that models for radiation damage in graphite may have to be altered to account for the effects.
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