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Radiation-induced phase transformations in MgAl2O4 spinel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Ning Yu ,
Ram Devanathan ,
Kurt E. Sickafus  and
Michael Nastasi
Ning Yu
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
Ram Devanathan
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
Kurt E. Sickafus
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
Michael Nastasi
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
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Abstract

Ion-irradiation was observed to transform MgAl2O4 spinel first to a metastable crystalline phase and then to an amorphous phase at cryogenic temperatures. Elastic stiffening of 15% occurred upon formation of the metastable crystalline phase. A second transformation from the metastable crystalline spinel to an amorphous state was accompanied by elastic softening of 25% relative to unirradiated spinel. This phase transformation behavior in spinel appears to be different from that in intermetallic compounds where only elastic softening associated with radiation damage accumulation is observed. A two-stage radiation damage model is proposed to explain the observed phase transformations.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 12 , Issue 7 , July 1997 , pp. 1766 - 1770
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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