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The Recovery of Neutron‐Irradiated Zinc
Author(s) -
Nihoul J.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.19630031110
Subject(s) - zinc , activation energy , irradiation , electrical resistivity and conductivity , vacancy defect , materials science , kinetics , radiochemistry , stage (stratigraphy) , liquid nitrogen , neutron flux , neutron irradiation , nitrogen , neutron , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemistry , crystallography , metallurgy , nuclear physics , physics , geology , organic chemistry , chromatography , paleontology , quantum mechanics
The recovery of the electrical resistivity of pure zinc is investigated after neutron irradiation at liquid nitrogen temperature. The main recovery stage is located around 105 °K. Two independent analytical methods point to an activation energy of about 0.21 eV and second order kinetics. This stage is ascribed to the migration of interstitials to vacancies and may be compared with stage III of the f.c.c. and b.c.c. metals. A second, but less pronounced, recovery stage around 155 °K is associated with an activation energy of 0.50 eV and may be due to vacancy migration.