Effect of neutron irradiation on single crystal V/sub 3/Si [electronic resource]
We We have investigated the effect of successive neutron irradiation up to a fluence of approximately 2 x 10/sup 19/ n/cm/sup 2/, by measurements of heat capacity, susceptibility, resistivity, acoustic velocity and neutron diffraction in a single crystal V/sub 3/Si. We find that for low level doses...
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Upton, N.Y. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. :
Brookhaven National Laboratory ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy,
1977.
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| Summary: | We We have investigated the effect of successive neutron irradiation up to a fluence of approximately 2 x 10/sup 19/ n/cm/sup 2/, by measurements of heat capacity, susceptibility, resistivity, acoustic velocity and neutron diffraction in a single crystal V/sub 3/Si. We find that for low level doses (phi t greater than or equal to 3.5 x 10/sup 18/ n/cm/sup 2/) (a) the structural transformation is very sensitive, whereas the suerconducting transition temperature, T/sub c/, is hardly affected, and (b) except for low temperature heat capacity, most of the other measurements show very little change. For the highest fluence of 2 x 10/sup 19/ n/cm/sup 2/ used to date, the T/sub c/ dropped to 7.5 K with large changes in the linear heat capacity coefficient, magnetic susceptibility and sound velocity. These results are discussed briefly in this paper. |
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| Item Description: | Published through SciTech Connect. 01/01/1977. "bnl-23015" " conf-770649-5" International discussion meeting of radiation effects in superconductors, Argonne, IL, USA, 13 Jun 1977. Viswanathan, R.; Smith, F.W.; Sarachik, M.P.; Cox, D.E.; Guha, A.; Caton, R.; Testardi, L.R. |
| Physical Description: | Pages: 13 : digital, PDF file. |