Fundamental aspects of irradiation of plastic materials at low temperatures

✍ Scribed by D. Evans; R.P. Reed; C.S. Hazelton

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 388 KB
• Volume: 35
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0011-2275
• DOI: 10.1016/0011-2275(95)90907-w

✦ Synopsis

This paper reviews some of the literature relating to radiation damage in composite materials and relates the results to the chemical structure of the matrix resin. A mechanism of radiation damage at low temperatures is outlined, and those structural features that contribute to radiation stability are defined. The effect of structure on radiation-induced gas evolution rates is discussed and the results of experiments designed to measure the influence of composition on gas evolution rates at 4 K are presented.