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Bulk processing of materials with radiation

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The potential for using highly penetrating radiation for processing bulk material is examined. It is found that gamma radiation, which is highly penetrating and nonactivating, is an acceptable radiation source but that only very low numbers of atomic interactions are possible even with intense sources. This limits the usefulness to certain classes of processing. The most promising of these are ones where undersized solute atoms are preferentially displaced and concentrate at interfacial sinks. The possibility for radiation-assisted nucleation is also examined, as are source type, strength, and handling limitations.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 61801-2984, Urbana, IL

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This paper is based on a presentation made in the symposium “Irradiation-Enhanced Materials Science and Engineering” presented as part of the ASM INTERNATIONAL 75th Anniversary celebration at the 1988 World Materials Congress in Chicago, IL, September 25-29, 1988, under the auspices of the Nuclear Materials Committee of TMS-AIME and ASM-MSD.

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Stubbins, J.F. Bulk processing of materials with radiation. Metall Trans A 21, 1823–1827 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02647228

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