SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1975
STP33673S

Influence of Defects in Body-Centered Cubic Iron on Simulated Low-Energy Displacement Cascades

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Influence of defects in body-centered cubic (bcc) iron on its radiation damage character has been studied by numerical integration of equations of motion of a large set of atoms on a high-speed computer. Characteristically, the following defects were chosen: vacancy, <100> and <110> split interstitials, and interstitial carbon atoms in an octahedral position. The threshold energy for displacing a carbon atom is found to be highly dependent on the direction of the knock on which is similar to the case of iron atoms. The lowest threshold energy is found to be less than 3 eV in the <100> direction and the highest in <110> direction. Channeling of carbon atoms was observed only in <100> direction. Defects can also influence the dynamics of processes of radiation damage, namely, collision chains. Vacancies strongly affect collision chains in <100> and <111> directions which result in defocusation. Split interstitials, if not parallel to collision chain, almost instantly stop propagation. The largest effect is produced by interstitial carbon atoms; they rapidly slow down all types of collision chains.

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Brumovský, M
Research and Development Centre, Nuclear Power Plants Division, Škoda Works, Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
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Developed by Committee: E10
Pages: 7–23
DOI: 10.1520/STP33673S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-4653-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-0539-3