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Structural factor and effects of low-temperature radiation damage in structural materials

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The effect of the structural and phase state of steels and alloys based on iron and nickel on the recombination of vacancies and interstitial atoms in the process of neutron irradiation at 300–350°C is estimated.

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Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 10, pp. 27–31, October, 2006.

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Kolotushkin, V.P., Votinov, S.N. Structural factor and effects of low-temperature radiation damage in structural materials. Met Sci Heat Treat 48, 452–458 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11041-006-0116-9

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