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Interactions of gallium with zircaloy cladding
| dc.creator | Mitchell, Lee Josey | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-07T22:56:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-06-07T22:56:47Z | |
| dc.date.created | 1999 | |
| dc.date.issued | 1999 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1999-THESIS-M579 | |
| dc.description | Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item. | en |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 30-31). | en |
| dc.description | Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | A mastering system was constructed and installed on the current low energy accelerator of the Ion Beam Laboratory in the Department of Nuclear Engineering. Galium was implanted into heated zircaloy targets at nuances of 3x10¹⁷, 1x10¹⁷ and 1x10¹⁶ ions/cm². Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS) using 260 keV alpha particles was used to determine the initial estimates of gallium concentration. Energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and backscattered electron (BSE) imaging was performed to examine concentration and surface morphology, respectively. Zirconium was then implanted to simulate the radiation effects of fission fragments at a fluency of 1.0x10¹⁷ Zr atoms/cm². RBS results showed enhanced diffusion and indicate saturation of the gallium concentration. Results also showed the possible formation of a Ga-Zr compound. | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.subject | nuclear engineering. | en |
| dc.subject | Major nuclear engineering. | en |
| dc.title | Interactions of gallium with zircaloy cladding | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | nuclear engineering | en |
| thesis.degree.name | M.S. | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
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