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Dimensional changes in highly oriented pyrolytic graphite due to electron-irradiation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

J. Koike  and
D.F. Pedraza
J. Koike
Affiliation:
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-6001
D.F. Pedraza
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2003, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-7274
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Abstract

One of the main problems found in the nuclear applications of graphite is its dimensional instability under irradiation, involving both swelling and shape changes. In order to understand better the mechanisms that give rise to these changes, highly oriented pyrolytic graphite was irradiated with 300 keV electrons at temperatures between 25 and 657 °C in a transmission electron microscope (TEM). Microscopic dimensional changes and structural disordering were studied in directions parallel and perpendicular to the graphite basal plane. Changes in the specimen length were investigated by measuring the distance between two markers on the specimen surface in TEM images. Changes in the lattice parameter and the crystalline structure were studied by a TEM diffraction technique. In agreement with reported results, large increases in the specimen length and the lattice parameter were observed along the c-axis direction, whereas a relatively small decrease was observed along the a-axis. In irradiation studies conducted at room temperature, it was found that the dimensional change saturates at high dose, at an elongation along the c-axis direction of about 300%. High resolution microscopy revealed that the microstructure had become nanocrystalline. Electron energy loss spectroscopy results showed that the volume change was recovered at this stage. These observations are discussed in terms of point defect evolution and its effects on the microstructure of irradiated graphite.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 9 , Issue 7 , July 1994 , pp. 1899 - 1907
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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