ENERGY DEPENDENCE OF CORRELATED RECOVERY IN STAGE I OF AL AND CU

The recovery of the ID substage of aluminum and copper is examined in terms of a diffusional treatment based on correlated recovery. A theoretical expression is obtained which describes the annealing and includes an easily determined parameter which characterizes the initial distribution function. Theoretical calculations are compared with data obtained from a wide range of atomic recoil energies. Values are also computed for the initial distribution and the average separation of interstitials around their vacancies for various irradiation energies. © 1969 The American Physical Society.