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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 February 2011
X-ray diffuse scattering has been used to study the thermal annealing of vacancy and interstitial loops in Ni-ion irradiated copper. The diffuse scattering formalism is reviewed and diffuse scattering measurements are reported on liquid-He temperature Ni-ion irradiated copper after annealing to 40, 275, and 300 °C. Size distributions are presented for vacancy and interstitial loops after each anneal and the thermal-induced changes are discussed in terms of loop dissolution and coalescence.
Research sponsored by the Division of Materials Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC05-840R21400 with Martin Marietta Energy Systems,Inc.