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The defect microstructures and tensile properties of high purity copper single crystals have been studied after irradiation at room temperature with 600 MeV protons in the dose range from 10−3 to 10−1 dpa. The defect number density N of clusters shows a linear dependence with dose up to a saturation value of 4×1023 m−3, with a broad transition region between doses of 3×10−3 and 10−1 dpa. The increase in critical resolved shear stress (CRSS) induced by the irradiation is proportional to the square root of the dose, up to a dose of 7×10−3 dpa. These results are compared to those of both fission and fusion neutron irradiations, showing that in room temperature irradiations at low fluences, no recoil spectra effects can be detected.
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Dai, Y., Victoria, M. Defect Cluster Structure and Tensile Properties of Copper Single Crystals Irradiated With 600 MeV Protons. MRS Online Proceedings Library 439, 319–324 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-439-319
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