Correlated Formation and Stability of SIA Loops and Stacking Fault Tetrahedra in High Energy Displacement Cascades in Copper

2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (8) ◽  
pp. 12419 ◽  
Author(s):  
RE Voskoboinikov ◽  
YN Osetsky ◽  
DJ Bacon
Keyword(s):  
High Energy ◽  
Stacking Fault ◽  
Displacement Cascades ◽  
Stacking Fault Tetrahedra

Dislocation-Stacking Fault Tetrahedron Interactions in Cu

2002 ◽  
Vol 124 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. D. Wirth ◽  
V. V. Bulatov ◽  
T. Diaz de la Rubia
Keyword(s):  
Edge Dislocation ◽  
Interatomic Potential ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Dislocation Motion ◽  
Shear Localization ◽  
Stacking Fault ◽  
Dynamics Simulation ◽  
High Energy Particle ◽  
Face Centered Cubic ◽  
Stacking Fault Tetrahedra

In copper and other face centered cubic metals, high-energy particle irradiation produces hardening and shear localization. Post-irradiation microstructural examination in Cu reveals that irradiation has produced a high number density of nanometer sized stacking fault tetrahedra. The resultant irradiation hardening and shear localization is commonly attributed to the interaction between stacking fault tetrahedra and mobile dislocations, although the mechanism of this interaction is unknown. In this work, we present results from a molecular dynamics simulation study to characterize the motion and velocity of edge dislocations at high strain rate and the interaction and fate of the moving edge dislocation with stacking fault tetrahedra in Cu using an EAM interatomic potential. The results show that a perfect SFT acts as a hard obstacle for dislocation motion and, although the SFT is sheared by the dislocation passage, it remains largely intact. However, our simulations show that an overlapping, truncated SFT is absorbed by the passage of an edge dislocation, resulting in dislocation climb and the formation of a pair of less mobile super-jogs on the dislocation.

Defect Cluster Formation in High Energy Displacement Cascades in Copper

2000 ◽  
Vol 650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuri N. Osetsky ◽  
David J. Bacon
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Formation ◽  
Pair Potential ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Interatomic Potentials ◽  
Dislocation Loops ◽  
Many Body ◽  
Displacement Cascades ◽  
Stacking Fault Tetrahedra ◽  
Body Potential

ABSTRACTPrimary radiation damage in displacement cascades in metals has been studied extensively by atomistic simulation during the last decade. The variety of defect types observed in cascade simulation is not entirely consistent with experimental data. For example, experiments on copper show a very effective production of stacking fault tetrahedra (SFTs) but this was not observed systematically in cascade simulation. To clarify this and related issues, extensive simulation of displacement cascades in copper have been performed using two different interatomic potentials, a short-range many-body potential and a long-range pair potential. We have studied the damage created by primary knock-on-atoms of energy up to 20keV, i.e. below the energy range for formation of subcascades, at temperatures 100 and 600K. Special attention was paid to cascade statistics and the accuracy of simulation in the collision stage. The former required many simulations for each temperature whereas the latter involved a modification of the simulation method. The results on variety of clusters observed, e.g. SFTs, glissile and sessile interstitial clusters, and faulted and perfect interstitial dislocation loops, lead to conclusions on the effect of the potentials and the significant variation of the number of Frenkel pairs and clustering effects produced in different cascades under the same conditions.

Contrast From Point Defects in The Infinitesimal Approximation

1980 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 350-351
Author(s):  
L. J. Sykes ◽  
J. J. Hren
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Point Defects ◽  
Broad Class ◽  
Stacking Fault ◽  
Crystalline Solids ◽  
Dislocation Loops ◽  
Analytical Expression ◽  
Stacking Fault Tetrahedra

In electron microscope studies of crystalline solids there is a broad class of very small objects which are imaged primarily by strain contrast. Typical examples include: dislocation loops, precipitates, stacking fault tetrahedra and voids. Such objects are very difficult to identify and measure because of the sensitivity of their image to a host of variables and a similarity in their images. A number of attempts have been made to publish contrast rules to help the microscopist sort out certain subclasses of such defects. For example, Ashby and Brown (1963) described semi-quantitative rules to understand small precipitates. Eyre et al. (1979) published a catalog of images for BCC dislocation loops. Katerbau (1976) described an analytical expression to help understand contrast from small defects. There are other publications as well.

Direct Transformation of Vacancy Voids to Stacking Fault Tetrahedra

2007 ◽  
Vol 99 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
B. P. Uberuaga ◽  
R. G. Hoagland ◽  
A. F. Voter ◽  
S. M. Valone
Keyword(s):  
Stacking Fault ◽  
Direct Transformation ◽  
Stacking Fault Tetrahedra

Displacement cascade evolution in tungsten with pre-existing helium and hydrogen clusters: a molecular dynamics study

2020 ◽  
Vol 111 (8) ◽  
pp. 698-705
Author(s):  
Mohammad Abu-Shams ◽  
Jeffery Moran ◽  
Ishraq Shabib
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Point Defect ◽  
Radiation Damage ◽  
Point Defects ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Dynamics Simulation ◽  
Power Relationship ◽  
Hydrogen Clusters ◽  
Displacement Cascades ◽  
Hydrogen Defects

Abstract The effects of radiation damage on bcc tungsten with preexisting helium and hydrogen clusters have been investigated in a high-energy environment via a comprehensive molecular dynamics simulation study. This research determines the interactions of displacement cascades with helium and hydrogen clusters integrated into a tungsten crystal generating point defect statistics. Helium or hydrogen clusters of atoms~0.1% of the total number of atoms have been randomly distributed within the simulation model and primary knock-on-atom (PKA) energies of 2.5, 5, 7.5 and 10 keV have been used to generate displacement cascades. The simulations quantify the extent of radiation damage during a simulated irradiation cycle using the Wigner-Seitz point defect identification technique. The generated point defects in crystals with and without pre-existing helium/hydrogen defects exhibit a power relationship with applied PKA energy. The point defects are classified by their atom type, defect type, and distribution within the irradiated model. The presence of pre-existing helium and hydrogen clusters significantly increases the defects (5 - 15 times versus pure tungsten models). The vacancy composition is primarily tungsten (e. g., ~70% at 2.5 keV) in models with pre-existing helium, but the interstitials are primarily He (e. g., ~89% at 10 keV). On the other hand, models with pre-existing hydrogen have a vacancy composition that is primarily tungsten (more than 90% irrespective of PKA energy), and the interstitial composition is more balanced between tungsten (average 46%) and hydrogen (average 54%) interstitials across the PKA range. The distribution of the atoms reveals that the tungsten point defects prefer to reside close to the position of cascade initiation, but helium or hydrogen defects reside close to the positions where clusters are built.

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