A STUDY OF MECHANISM OF LOOP GROWTH IN THIN FOILS OF AN ALUMINIUM 3.0 AT PERCENT MAGNESIUM ALLOY USING AN ENERGY ANALYSING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE

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SPALDING, DR
EDINGTON, JW
VILLAGRA.RE
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[1] Metal Physics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
[2] Department of Metallurgy, University of Cambridge
[3] Materials Science Department, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
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PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE | 1969年 / 20卷 / 168期
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10.1080/14786436908228206
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Parallel observations have been made of the plasmon energy losses and the growth of prismatic dislocation loops during annealing at 200°c of an aluminium 3·0 at. % magnesium alloy. It is shown that there is a continuous loss of magnesium during annealing and this supports the oxidation-vacancy emission loop growth mechanism suggested by Kritzinger, Dobson and Smallman (1967) to account for loop growth in aluminium-magnesium alloys. It is found that the rate of growth of loops varies by a factor of three from point to point within a given grain in the thin foil. This behaviour is explained in terms of local fluctuations in the efficiency of the oxide/metal interface for absorbing vacancies. © 1969 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
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