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Physical nature of structural and phase transformations in Cu-Al α solid solutions upon low-temperature irradiation and subsequent annealing

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Methods of X-ray diffraction analysis and measurements of residual resistivity have been used to study effects of electron irradiation in the temperature range of 250–330 K on the structural and phase state of the Cu-15 at % Al solid solution. The results obtained are explained by the presence in the Cu-Al alloys of an inhomogeneous short-range order of two types, i.e., low-temperature, α2 type; and high-temperature, γ2 type.

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Original Russian Text © P.V. Petrenko, N.P. Kulish, N.A. Mel’nikova, Yu.E. Grabovskii, 2013, published in Fizika Metallov i Metallovedenie, 2013, Vol. 114, No. 12, pp. 1092–1100.

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Petrenko, P.V., Kulish, N.P., Mel’nikova, N.A. et al. Physical nature of structural and phase transformations in Cu-Al α solid solutions upon low-temperature irradiation and subsequent annealing. Phys. Metals Metallogr. 114, 1009–1017 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031918X13120053

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