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Formation of Intergranular Voids and Cracks in an Irradiated Austenitic Steel tensile-tested in the Temperature Range 650°–850° C

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THE elevated temperature embrittlement induced in austenitic steels by neutron irradiation is now well known1,2. Characteristic features are the intergranular mode of fracture in a tensile test and the marked reduction in the non-uniform elongation. Barnes3 has reported work by Pfeil and Barton which suggests that the (n, α) reaction of thermal neutrons with the boron-10 in the steel is responsible.

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SUMERLING, R. Formation of Intergranular Voids and Cracks in an Irradiated Austenitic Steel tensile-tested in the Temperature Range 650°–850° C. Nature 211, 512–514 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211512b0

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