Radiation Materials Science I

3 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: NERS 421 or permission of instructor. Enforced Prerequisite: None. (3 credits) Radiation damage processes; defect production, spike phenomena, displacement cascades, interatomic potential, channeling, focusing, slowing down. Physical effects of radiation damage, radiation induced segregation, dislocations, dislocation loop and void formation, phase stability, unique effects of ion irradiation, comparison between ion and neutron irradiation.