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A Model for Irradiation-Induced Amorphization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

S. X. Wang,
L. M. Wang and
R. C. Ewing
S. X. Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
L. M. Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
R. C. Ewing
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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Abstract

A model based on cascade melting and recrystallization is derived to describe ion irradiation-induced amorphization. The accumulation of amorphous volume fraction during irradiation is represented in a single equation. Depending on the extent of recrystallization of a subcascade, the amorphous volume accumulation can be described by a set of curves that change from exponential to sigmoidal functions. The parameters (including temperature, cascade size, crystallization rate, glass transition temperature, dose rate) that affect the extent of recrystallization are included in the model. The model also describes the temperature dependence of critical dose for amorphization.

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