Abstract
The nucleation and growth of interstitial dislocation loops have been studied in solution-treated type 316 austenitic steel irradiated to low doses in the Harwell Variable Energy Cyclotron. Specimens have been irradiated with 46.5 MeV Ni 6+ ions and 22 MeV C 2+ ions, after room temperature pre-injection with 10 ppm helium and without helium pre-injection, at temperatures in the range 300–600°C. The effects of these irradiation variables on the interstitial loop populations produced are discussed. At low doses, where loop intersection is rare and dislocation network formation is minimal, the number of interstitial atoms stored in loops can give an indication of the swelling rate in circumstances where voids remain submicroscopic. It is shown that extrapolation of the low-dose swelling rates indicated by interstitial loop populations gives reasonable fit with experimentally determined high-dose void swelling values.
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