Fundamental Aspects of Inert Gases in Solids

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Theoretical Studies of Helium in Metals....Pages 3-16
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Rare Gases in Metals: Interactions....Pages 17-25
Theoretical Description of the Growth and Stability of Helium Platelets in Nickel....Pages 27-38
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
Helium Defect Interactions in Metals and Silicon....Pages 41-57
Diffusion and Clustering of Helium in Noble Metals....Pages 59-66
Mobility of Helium and Nitrogen Implanted at High Fluences into Solids, as Derived from their Concentration Profiles....Pages 67-79
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
 3 He Effects in Tritides....Pages 83-94
Fundamental Properties of Helium in Metal Tritides....Pages 95-102
Elucidation of Fundamental Properties of Helium in Metals by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Techniques....Pages 103-114
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Inert Gas Bubbles in Metals: A Review....Pages 117-132
Formation and Annealing of Kr Precipitates in Ni Thin Films....Pages 133-141
Cross Section Transmission Electron Microscopy (XTEM) on Inert Gas Implanted Metals....Pages 143-152
Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Noble Gas Bubbles in Steel....Pages 153-165
Gas Bubble Lattices in Metals....Pages 167-184
Macroscopic Phenomena Induced by High Dose MeV Energy Implantation of He, Ne and Ar Ions....Pages 185-192
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Positron Studies of Inert Gases in Metals....Pages 195-208
Positron Studies of Helium in Ni, Ni-Ti and Ti-Stabilised Steel....Pages 209-219
Comparison of Results from Different Experimental Techniques (SANS, TEM, PAT, SEM) Applied to Bulk Cu and Ni Containing Krypton....Pages 221-229
 83 Kr Mössbauer Spectroscopy and Inert Gas Inclusions in Aluminium and Silicon....Pages 231-242
 133 Xe Mössbauer Study of Neon Inclusions in Molybdenum....Pages 243-250
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Overpressurized Inert Gas Clusters in Al and Si Observed by EXAFS Spectroscopy....Pages 251-256
Behaviour of Krypton Atoms Implanted into Aluminium as Investigated by a Channelling Method....Pages 257-264
X-Ray Diffraction Studies of Kr and Pb Inclusions in Aluminium....Pages 265-276
Gas Densities in Helium Bubbles Determined by Small Angle Neutron Scattering....Pages 277-285
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
Inert Gas Bubble Coarsening Mechanisms....Pages 289-297
Influence of Real Gas Behaviour on the Ostwald Ripening of Inert Gas Bubbles in Bulk Materials....Pages 299-306
Recent Experimental Studies on Thermal and Irradiation-Induced Resolution of Gas Atoms from Bubbles in Solids....Pages 307-319
Helium Bubble Nucleation in Aluminium Irradiated with 600 MeV Protons....Pages 321-327
New Aspects of Gas-Induced Swelling in Helium-Implanted Nickel during Annealing....Pages 329-336
Phase Transformations of Argon in Bubbles Formed in Nickel during Low and High Energy Argon Ion Bombardment....Pages 337-346
Front Matter....Pages 347-347
Inert Gas Bubble Growth Mechanism Maps for Metals....Pages 349-356
Loop-Punching as a Mechanism for Inert Gas Bubble Growth in Ion-Implanted Metals....Pages 357-367
Possible Mechanisms Limiting the Pressure in Inert Gas Bubbles in Metals....Pages 369-383
Parameters and Processes Controlling Helium Bubble Formation in Metals at Elevated Temperatures....Pages 385-397
Front Matter....Pages 399-399
Fundamental Aspects of Inert Gas Behaviour in Nuclear Fuels: Oxides, Carbides and Nitrides....Pages 401-414
Simulating the Behaviour of Inert Gases in UO 2 ....Pages 415-429
Condensed-Phase Xenon and Krypton in UO 2 Spent Fuel....Pages 431-441
Kinetics of Recrystallization and Fission-Gas-Induced Swelling in High Burnup UO 2 and U 3 Si 2 Nuclear Fuels....Pages 443-456
Fission Gas Behaviour during Power Transients in High Burn-Up LWR Nuclear Fuels Studied by Electron Microscopy....Pages 457-466
Back Matter....Pages 467-473