Study of Radiation Damage Kinetics in Dispersed Nuclear Fuel on Zirconium Dioxide Doped with Cerium Dioxide
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Part
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characterization of Initial Samples as a Function of the Variation of CeO2 Dopant Concentration
3.2. Study of the Kinetics of Deformation Distortion of the Crystal Structure of Ceramics as a Function of Dopant Concentration under High-Dose Proton Irradiation
3.3. Influence of Structural Distortions and Radiation Damage Accumulation on the Alteration in the Strength Properties of Ceramics
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameter | CeO2 Concentration, mol | |||
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0.05 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.25 | |
Degree of structural ordering (crystallinity degree *), % | 88.4 ± 0.3 | 89.3 ± 0.2 | 92.2 ± 0.7 | 94.7 ± 0.5 |
Deformation factor of crystal lattice distortion ** | 0.023 ± 0.005 | 0.021 ± 0.005 | 0.028 ± 0.006 | 0.019 ± 0.004 |
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Kozlovskiy, A.L.; Borgekov, D.B.; Zdorovets, M.V.; Kenzhina, I.E.; Shlimas, D.I. Study of Radiation Damage Kinetics in Dispersed Nuclear Fuel on Zirconium Dioxide Doped with Cerium Dioxide. J. Compos. Sci. 2023, 7, 277. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs7070277
Kozlovskiy AL, Borgekov DB, Zdorovets MV, Kenzhina IE, Shlimas DI. Study of Radiation Damage Kinetics in Dispersed Nuclear Fuel on Zirconium Dioxide Doped with Cerium Dioxide. Journal of Composites Science. 2023; 7(7):277. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs7070277
Chicago/Turabian StyleKozlovskiy, Artem L., Daryn B. Borgekov, Maxim V. Zdorovets, Inesh E. Kenzhina, and Dmitriy I. Shlimas. 2023. "Study of Radiation Damage Kinetics in Dispersed Nuclear Fuel on Zirconium Dioxide Doped with Cerium Dioxide" Journal of Composites Science 7, no. 7: 277. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs7070277